[dundee] Fwd: [ubuntu-uk] Disable touchpad while typing

[Andrew Clayton]

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:59:50 +0100, azmodie wrote:

> this is a great trick for laptops and netbooks.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk>
> Date: 2009/4/24
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Disable touchpad while typing
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I thought this might be useful to some of you out there who use
> laptops.
> 
> http://www.ubuntu-inside.me/2009/03/howto-disable-touchpad-while-typing.html
> 
> Basically it it is instructions on how to disable the touchpad while
> typing and how to tweak the settings of the touchpad.  The touchpad
> being enabled while I type is one of the biggest things that annoys me
> about my laptop, it just seems over sensitive that if I even look at
> the touchpad it seems to click.  Anyway following this guide has
> finally fixed this for me.  I can now type away to my hearts content
> without having to worry about the cursor suddenly being clicked away.
> 
> By the way, if it helps, it mentions shmconfig.fdi and links to
> another site, the contents of the file are below...
> 
> Rob
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <deviceinfo version="0.2">
> <device>
> <match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics">
> <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">True</merge>
> </match>
> </device>
> </deviceinfo>


Probably worth mentioning that with Xserver 1.6 and the current
synaptics driver none of these SHM/config hacks is needed. The driver
can be configured on the fly via device properties.

http://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/10/device-properties-have-landed.html
http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/04/synaptics-11-and-what-your-touchpad-can.html

For example for Fedora 11 in the mouse properties dialogue in GNOME,
there is a new tab for configuring your touchpad. 


On a slightly related note, if people saw the HUGE C_A_BS Xserver
zapping threads. The right solution was eventually found.

http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/04/zapping-server.html

Personally I'm a big fan of C_A_BS (although not used so much now we
don't need xorg.conf) and don't recall ever hitting it by _mistake_.


Andrew