[opensuse] How do I turn off tapping
I'm running openSuse 11 on an HP 2133 netbook. Not without some oddities. When I first installed it I could not find any way to turn off 'tapping' on the touchpad. I performed an edit to b /etc/X11/xorg.conf. and creating Option "MaxTapTime" "0". Some weeks later my login went horribly wrong and I ended up creating a new one. I suspect I ran sax2 at around that time to, trying to fix the first login. Anyway tapping is back. Now I am sure that in the plethora of configuraiton tools scattered about I have seen a tick box to turn tapping off and thought 'Ah. That's where I should have gone instead of hacking config files'. Can I find it again? No. Where do I turn tapping on and off? Bob Harvey -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 19:43 +0100, Robert E A Harvey wrote:
I'm running openSuse 11 on an HP 2133 netbook. Not without some oddities.
When I first installed it I could not find any way to turn off 'tapping' on the touchpad. I performed an edit to b /etc/X11/xorg.conf. and creating Option "MaxTapTime" "0".
Some weeks later my login went horribly wrong and I ended up creating a new one. I suspect I ran sax2 at around that time to, trying to fix the first login.
Anyway tapping is back. Now I am sure that in the plethora of configuraiton tools scattered about I have seen a tick box to turn tapping off and thought 'Ah. That's where I should have gone instead of hacking config files'. Can I find it again? No.
Where do I turn tapping on and off?
Bob Harvey
This is how I do it. 1. Create a script with the following contents. #!/bin/bash synclient TouchpadOff=2 2. Save the file. I called mine tpad_off 3. Set the file to be executable. One way to do that is to right click the file in Nautilus - choose properties from the menu. Click the permissions tab and enable the Execute option. An even easier way is to open a terminal session and type chmod 0755 tpad_off. 4. Open the Control Center - Choose System - Sessions. Then add your script to the Startup Programs. That's it. Every time you login the script will run and disable tapping on the touchpad. You can still use the touchpad as mouse and the accompanying buttons will function. The only thing that will be disabled will be that vile tapping option. Since I discovered the Touchpadoff=2 parameter, I actually like my Touchpad now. HTH Chuck -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 15 October 2008 02:56:24 Chuck Stuettgen wrote:
On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 19:43 +0100, Robert E A Harvey wrote:
1. Create a script with the following contents.
#!/bin/bash synclient TouchpadOff=2
With TouchpadOff you will also disable the scrolling on the right edge. If you still want it, and i do, you can use this instead: synclient MaxTapTime=0 -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch@suse.de - http://www.opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Martin Lasarsch wrote:
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synclient MaxTapTime=0
Wow! thank you. I've always hated trackpads just for this tapping thing -- I can't edit anything without having the cursor jump around whenever my thumb accidentally hits the pad. Now I can use the laptop more easily away from my desk, where I will always prefer the trackball. I don't need to turn off the trackpad any more. Although the scroll strip doesn't work, now. But that's a minor inconvenience compared to the tapping problem. John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
John E. Perry wrote:
Martin Lasarsch wrote:
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synclient MaxTapTime=0
Wow! thank you. I've always hated trackpads just for this tapping thing -- I can't edit anything without having the cursor jump around whenever my thumb accidentally hits the pad.
Now I can use the laptop more easily away from my desk, where I will always prefer the trackball. I don't need to turn off the trackpad any more.
Although the scroll strip doesn't work, now. But that's a minor inconvenience compared to the tapping problem.
I find the TrackPoint, found on ThinkPads and some other computers works well. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
James Knott wrote:
I find the TrackPoint, found on ThinkPads and some other computers works well.
If you're referring to the vile little post in the center of my Dell Latitude 820's keyboard at work, that's even worse than the trackpad. At least I can turn off the trackpad -- I can't find any way to defeat the post, so almost every time I type a G, H, B, or Y, my cursor disappears and reappears a couple of seconds later under the mouse pointer. This is under XP; my employer is one of the Microsoft worshippers. Although they do allow some of us to run linux, if we are primarily unix developers for our client. John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
John E. Perry wrote:
If you're referring to the vile little post in the center of my Dell Latitude 820's keyboard at work, that's even worse than the trackpad. At least I can turn off the trackpad -- I can't find any way to defeat the post
Here in the UK it's defeated automatically by the act of being at work. Health and Safety requires the provision of a separate keyboard if you use the laptop for any length of time :) And the laptop needs to be raised to get the 'correct' screen height (or a separate screen plugged in). Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
John E. Perry wrote:
James Knott wrote:
I find the TrackPoint, found on ThinkPads and some other computers works well.
If you're referring to the vile little post in the center of my Dell Latitude 820's keyboard at work, that's even worse than the trackpad. At least I can turn off the trackpad -- I can't find any way to defeat the post, so almost every time I type a G, H, B, or Y, my cursor disappears and reappears a couple of seconds later under the mouse pointer.
This is under XP; my employer is one of the Microsoft worshippers. Although they do allow some of us to run linux, if we are primarily unix developers for our client.
John Perry
My work computer is also a Dell and I turned off the trackpad on it, because it was so irritating and I was always hitting it by accident. I have to run XP on it, as some of the applications won't run on it and one device even requires IE (yuck!!!). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 16 October 2008 00:23:34 John E. Perry wrote:
Martin Lasarsch wrote:
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synclient MaxTapTime=0
Wow! thank you. I've always hated trackpads just for this tapping thing -- I can't edit anything without having the cursor jump around whenever my thumb accidentally hits the pad.
btw: i added it to http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Disable_tap_click_for_touchpads Thanks Chuck to pointing out synclient, i was not aware of that command. Helps a lot if you again forgot to change it in xorg.conf or on a system which you don't own :-) -- with kind regards, Martin Lasarsch, Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) martin.lasarsch@suse.de - http://www.opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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