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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Disabling touchpad [was So what desktop...]
On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 11:42:11AM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote:
>     Some people expressed the concern that they don't use their touchpad but
> unvountarily touch it and get the cursor moved in the wild.
>
>     I think this problem has a simple solution:


On my laptop I just press F1 whie Fn is held down. That turns the touchpad on or off.

-- hendrik

>
>     1) find the device-driver module of the touchpad -- with the hope it is
> not the same as the keyboard proper;
>
>     2) blacklist it;
>
>     3) reboot.
>
>     I'm too lazy to search for the commands to do that and to experiment it
> myself, since I'm not concerned. Therefore find the exact recipe by yourself
> (~:
>
> --     Didier
>
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