[Swlug] Dsabling the trackpad

[Jonathan Marsden]

Rhys,

Assuming you have SSH or similar secure remote shell access to his machine (when it is powered on and connected to the Internet), can't you use that access to put the commands needed into a script that runs at boot time, or into a script that his user account runs at login?

If you left the UK without setting up a way for you to do remote support... that was probably a mistake.  Does anyone in the group (that you trust!) live near your Dad, so they could go see him and create the needed little shell script?

Jonathan
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On Fri, 12 Jul 2024, at 20:42, Rhys Sage via Swlug wrote:
> I set up dad's laptop to use Debian 12. What I didn't know at the time 
> was that he has problems with the trackpad and prefers to use a mouse. 
> He's using an older HP laptop. 
>
> On my Asus I can just press Fn + F9 to turn the trackpad on or off. I 
> did find a way of doing it via the terminal but dad really shouldn't be 
> let loose on terminal. He doesn't understand computers at all. I gave 
> him the terminal commands but it probably won't work. Is there a 
> simpler way of doing it via just keyboard shortcuts?
>
> It doesn't help that I'm back in the US again.
>
> Rhys Sage
>
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