[Swlug] Dsabling the trackpad

[Alan Gray]

Hello Rhys,
Have you tried just connecting a mouse and see what happens. I did have one where I disabled the pad to stop phantom moves, but I am sure most I have just plugged in and it worked. Of course he needs to keep his finger and wrists off the pad.
Regards 
Alan Gray 


On 12 July 2024 20:42:08 BST, Rhys Sage via Swlug <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> 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. 
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>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?
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>It doesn't help that I'm back in the US again.
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>Rhys Sage
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