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Turn off touchpad in CentOS 4.4
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I am not sure you can achieve that in linux. I know that you are probably used to have a windoz driver doing that for you but in linux your touchpad works according to the configuration you create in xorg.conf.
The file gets read when you start your Xwindows and you cannot have a different mouse/touchpad behavior while in the same session.
You should logout Xwindows, replace xorg.conf with another that utilises an external mouse and reload xwindows.
A script that changes the content of your xorg.conf and then loads X is not difficult to create; that could hep you.
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The file gets read when you start your Xwindows and you cannot have a different mouse/touchpad behavior while in the same session.
You should logout Xwindows, replace xorg.conf with another that utilises an external mouse and reload xwindows.
A script that changes the content of your xorg.conf and then loads X is not difficult to create; that could hep you.
QatQat
Life is what happens when you are making other plans.
ilovecocks
IS-IT--Management
There is a way to get it to shut off while you are typing, i am guessing this is what you want?
You will need to use the synaptics driver with your mousepad in the xorg.conf, plus you will need some ekstra features added to make it work properly.
This page should give you an idea of how to setup xorg.conf:
Then when all is setup, you need to put synaptics in your .xinitrc in you home drive, with some handles i cannot remember, i think it is synaptics -r -t 2
the -t is how long the mouse timeout should be in seconds, with the -r function, this will only affect clicking and not moving of the mouse.
I'm not sure the flags are correct, but tjeck them in your man pages.
You will need to use the synaptics driver with your mousepad in the xorg.conf, plus you will need some ekstra features added to make it work properly.
This page should give you an idea of how to setup xorg.conf:
Then when all is setup, you need to put synaptics in your .xinitrc in you home drive, with some handles i cannot remember, i think it is synaptics -r -t 2
the -t is how long the mouse timeout should be in seconds, with the -r function, this will only affect clicking and not moving of the mouse.
I'm not sure the flags are correct, but tjeck them in your man pages.
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