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[Pascal Clémot <clemotp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Troels,

I'm not a Ubuntu user, but it seems to me that the "Disable touchpad by
typing"
option controls the syndaemon utility, which handles the "Synaptics Off"
property
of the touchpad.

If you use either "synclient TouchpadOdd=0|1" or  "xinput set-in-prop
$XINPUTNUM "Synaptics Off" 8 0|1"
in the acpi script controlled by Fn+F9, you manipulate the same property as
syndaemon does, so I don't
think you can manage the option "Disable touchpad..." and keeping the
touchpad off by Fn+F9
at the same time.

In my case I use another trick to disable the touchpad with Fn+F9, the
method
is described here (see "Code 2"):
http://www.techsupportteam.org/forum/members-tutorials/4247-kubuntu-turning-laptop-touchpad-off-different-approach.html

It works like a charm, except that syndaemon can't be use in conjunction
with this,
because when the touchpad is disable by this way, it does not appear any
more in
/proc/bus/input/devices, and this make syndaemon crash.

Hope that's clear :)

Pascal




2010/8/3 Troels Blum <troels@xxxxxxx>

> Hi All
>
> My Fn-F9 script disables and enables the touchpad fine. The problem is:
> Since I have ticked "Disable touchpad while typing" under mouse
> preferences - My touchpad automatically gets reenabled when I stop
> typing. Even if I turned it off manually.
> My question is: How do I get both "Disable touchpad while typing" and
> keeping the touchpad off when I turned it off using Fn-F9? Any ideas?
>
> BR Troels
>
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