From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M7ZOD-0005zC-Ev for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 22 May 2009 18:22:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 36797E04C6; Fri, 22 May 2009 18:22:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f199.google.com (mail-pz0-f199.google.com [209.85.222.199]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E759EE04C6 for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 18:22:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk37 with SMTP id 37so1606358pzk.32 for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 11:22:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=OFnNHPg+DAFTnvAm/udAOzfUDTHMjFJsb/gsfdwZB3c=; b=OpOdiHinW1amppqXJmLh8hnAwFJoE0WPlE51UDMboUdLO7U9y/sw8FnsUcxXZzCyRG XCbozrPWqsNTkonKCBztJTiRYd4zu9Hq13b40Ms/Fuzd9da2Ye19wSR9yew6bABFD4lF nR9qRP2uyffjHIu/LMraBhsoT2lMaz6+0fXSg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=xijO5MZgjGei/irqNL33WZmLMHVucD2IxNc1+QTVlpT4W4s2qgb1vCU3LPCd4xQJPB /1aposF3LwcxxgzCWZQztSkRFCH3O0Wpi1GC5Bs5SJXyUrm+0IGZEE5rdgwFq3ovgsmg fbrQkVgGYH1m39JAhu2eDEzs+83B+kz1hqXCA= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.80.16 with SMTP id d16mr1413666wfb.181.1243016559518; Fri, 22 May 2009 11:22:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4A1630C1.8020508@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 11:22:39 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: disable syanptics pad From: James Ausmus To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001636ed6a117ae2a5046a8458f9 X-Archives-Salt: 4da62a5e-0690-43fb-985e-d1c7d688c8a0 X-Archives-Hash: e24dac572ba2f58783c8dfdbd5da65ea --001636ed6a117ae2a5046a8458f9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:06 AM, James wrote: > Saphirus Sage gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Any ideas how to disable the synaptics pad? > > > I'm not entirely sure that's a proper way to disable the synaptics pad, > > as you don't seem to have removed xorg's ability to load the driver. I'd > > suggest just #'ing out the whole InputDevice section relating to the > > synaptics pad, and running emerge -C synaptics or emerge -C > > xf86-input-synaptics, depending on which driver you're using. That > > should completely remove your ability to use the synaptic touch pad. > > Hmmmm, > > > Nothing with the word "synaptics" (or either of the packages you > mentioned) > is installed. > > > I do have a left over, bloated xorg file, so I'll first just delete > the line with the (#) symbol, but, I thought that was the way to > deactivate entries. Looking in xorg.conf.examples did not reveal > any sort of useful infor > > > Maybe somebody could post a minimal xorg.conf, or a url to some examples? > > One additional bit of information. The synaptics pad, when touched, makes > the mouse(cursor) go crazy in a radom-noise-movement sort of pattern. > When I stop touching the synaptics pad and use the external usb mouse, > cursor movement becomes normal as expected. > > > ideas? > > Sounds like, since you don't have a synaptics driver installed, the synaptics device is being handled like a regular mouse via the evdev driver, and the evdev driver doesn't properly handle the data coming from the touchpad, hence the erratic pointer movement. For disabling, I'm not sure, as I don't have access to a system w/ synaptics on it (until I get home, but that's about 8 hours away yet...), but, after emerging the xf86-input-synaptics driver, and looking at the man page (man synaptics), I see the Option "TouchpadOff" "integer" option - if you set this to "1", then the touchpad is disabled, so I would add in a section for the device in your xorg.conf file, something like: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/input/" Option "TouchpadOff" "1" EndSection HTH- -James --001636ed6a117ae2a5046a8458f9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:06 AM, James <= span dir=3D"ltr"><wireless@t= ampabay.rr.com> wrote:
Saphirus Sage <saphirus497 <at> gmail.com> writes:


> > Any ideas how to disable the synaptics pad?

> I'm not entirely sure that's a proper = way to disable the synaptics pad,
> as you don't seem to have removed xorg's ability to load the d= river. I'd
> suggest just #'ing out the whole InputDevice section relating to t= he
> synaptics pad, and running emerge -C synaptics or emerge -C
> xf86-input-synaptics, depending on which driver you're using. That=
> should completely remove your ability to use the synaptic touch pad.
Hmmmm,


Nothing with the word "synaptics" =A0(or either of the packages y= ou mentioned)
is installed.


I do have a left over, bloated xorg file, so I'll first just delete
the line with the (#) symbol, but, I thought that was the way to
deactivate entries. Looking in xorg.conf.examples did not reveal
any sort of useful infor


Maybe somebody could post a minimal xorg.conf, or a url to some examples?
One additional bit of information. The synaptics pad, when touched, makes the mouse(cursor) go crazy in a radom-noise-movement sort of pattern.
When I stop touching the synaptics pad and use the external usb mouse,
cursor =A0movement becomes normal as expected.


ideas?


Sounds like, since you don't have a synapt= ics driver installed, the synaptics device is being handled like a regular = mouse via the evdev driver, and the evdev driver doesn't properly handl= e the data coming from the touchpad, hence the erratic pointer movement.
For disabling, I'm not sure, as I don't have access to a system= w/ synaptics on it (until I get home, but that's about 8 hours away ye= t...), but, after emerging the xf86-input-synaptics driver, and looking at = the man page (man synaptics), I see the

Option "TouchpadOff" "integer"

option - if y= ou set this to "1", then the touchpad is disabled, so I would add= in a section for the device in your xorg.conf file, something like:

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Section "InputDevice"
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0 Identifier "touchpad"
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Drive= r "synaptics"
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Option "Device&quo= t;=A0=A0 "/dev/input/<whatever-it-is - you can find out by doing &q= uot;cat /proc/bus/input/devices" and looking at the "Handlers&quo= t; line>"
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Option "TouchpadOff" "1"
= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 EndSection

HTH-

-James
=A0
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