I have a t43p running Lubuntu 12.04. The cursor jumps around randomly, probably because of the touchpad. It works perfectly under Windows, though, so I know it is a software issue. I tried various tricks for disabling the touchpad, but they all failed.
Any suggestions?
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Disable t43p touchpad under (L)ubuntu
Re: Disable t43p touchpad under (L)ubuntu
If you wish to disable the touchpad you can do so in the BIOS, or on HAL enabled distributions, create a file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/disable-touchpad.fdi with the following content: Or...even more effective, just physically unplug the connector.
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<match key="info.product" string="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad">
<merge key="input.x11_options.TouchpadOff" type="string">1</merge>
</match>Collection = T500 - R400 - X300 - X200 - T61 (14" WXGA+) - T61 (14.1" SXGA+) - T60 (15" SXGA+) - X40 - T43p - T43 - T42p - A30P - 600E
Re: Disable t43p touchpad under (L)ubuntu
I guess I did not make it clear that I want to be able to use the touchpad when I am NOT typing.
There a KDE package called synaptik that does the job on other machines, but it load a huge part of the bloated KDE stuff, which my light-weight Lubuntu was trying to avoid....
There a KDE package called synaptik that does the job on other machines, but it load a huge part of the bloated KDE stuff, which my light-weight Lubuntu was trying to avoid....
Re: Disable t43p touchpad under (L)ubuntu
Try tweaking the behavior with synclient. I used it to tweak the touchpad behavior when running Lubuntu on my Macbook Pro. My T410 touchpad behaves fine in Lubuntu though so I've never had to use synclient on that machine.
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