FS#14562 - [xf86-input-synaptics] No longer able to disable Synaptics Touchpad

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jeremy Sands (georgia_tech_swagger) - Sunday, 03 May 2009, 05:57 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Sunday, 08 November 2009, 23:28 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

I had knocked up a script to allow me to use the touchpad disable Fn key on my Thinkpad T61. The content of the script is:

#!/bin/bash
if synclient -l | grep "TouchpadOff = 0" > /dev/null ; then
synclient TouchpadOff=1
else
synclient TouchpadOff=0
fi



The script is still working, as the Fn key combo does indeed toggle TouchpadOff. However, the touchpad works non-stop regardless of this setting. This has happened in about the last month.

I am using all the latest everything, as of 5/2/09.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Sunday, 08 November 2009, 23:28 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Fixed in 1.2.0
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 04 May 2009, 11:44 GMT
When you run "synclient TouchpadOff=1" from a terminal, does it disable the touchpad then? Current versions of synclient use input properties to communicate with the driver, you'll need $DISPLAY set then.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 04 May 2009, 11:46 GMT
Seems like this is a known bug:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=523652

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