How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

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How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

#1 Post by Raymzap »

Hi.

How do I disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

Thanks.
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Re: How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

#2 Post by dolphin_oracle »

I use syndameon for this.

from the arch wiki:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/To ... ile_typing

For example, to disable tapping and scrolling for 0.5 seconds after each keypress (ignoring modifier keys like Ctrl), use

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$ syndaemon -i 0.5 -t -K -R
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Re: How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

#3 Post by Raymzap »

dolphin_oracle wrote:I use syndameon for this.

from the arch wiki:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/To ... ile_typing

For example, to disable tapping and scrolling for 0.5 seconds after each keypress (ignoring modifier keys like Ctrl), use

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$ syndaemon -i 0.5 -t -K -R
Hi DO. I'd rather permanently disable tapping.
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Re: How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

#4 Post by dolphin_oracle »

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Option "TouchpadOff" "2"
in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/synaptics.conf file, and then log out and log in should do the trick.

other options for that switch

Switch off the touchpad. Valid values are:
0 Touchpad is enabled
1 Touchpad is switched off
2 Only tapping and scrolling is switched off

more info here:

ftp://www.x.org/pub/X11R7.5/doc/man/man ... ics.4.html
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Re: How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

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dolphin_oracle wrote:

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Option "TouchpadOff" "2"
in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/synaptics.conf file, and then log out and log in should do the trick.
...
I did that (but used the "1" option) and it borked something. I no longer get a graphical desktop. I can login via terminal but startx does nothing. :frown:
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Re: How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

#6 Post by dolphin_oracle »

Did you put the option in line with the other options in the file?

I tried it here and it certainly turned off tapping and scrolling.


Otherwise, I guess take it back out.
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Re: How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

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dolphin_oracle wrote:Did you put the option in line with the other options in the file?

I tried it here and it certainly turned of tapping and scrolling.


Otherwise, I guess take it back out.
I put a # in front of the original line and kept the "1" inline with the other options.

I also logged in via the terminal and re-edited the file to remove the new line and kept the original line without the # but something is still broken. :confused:
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Re: How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

#8 Post by Raymzap »

Sorry, I removed the text here as it was a double post.
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Re: How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

#9 Post by dolphin_oracle »

I don't see any existing line.

this is my file as edited.

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Section "InputClass"
        Identifier      "Touchpad"                      # required
        MatchIsTouchpad "yes"                           # required
        Driver          "synaptics"                     # required
        Option          "MinSpeed"              "0.5"
        Option          "MaxSpeed"              "1.0"
        Option          "AccelFactor"           "0.075"
        Option          "TapButton1"            "1"
        Option          "TapButton2"            "2"     # multitouch
        Option          "TapButton3"            "3"     # multitouch
        Option          "VertTwoFingerScroll"   "1"     # multitouch
        Option          "HorizTwoFingerScroll"  "1"     # multitouch
        Option          "VertEdgeScroll"        "1"
        Option          "CoastingSpeed"         "8"
        Option          "CornerCoasting"        "1"
        Option          "CircularScrolling"     "1"
        Option          "CircScrollTrigger"     "7"
        Option          "EdgeMotionUseAlways"   "1"
        Option          "LBCornerButton"        "8"     # browser "back" btn
        Option          "RBCornerButton"        "9"     # browser "forward" btn
        Option	    "TouchpadOff"		"2"	#turn off touchpad tapping and scrolling
EndSection
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Re: How to disable touchpad tapping in antiX 17?

#10 Post by Richard »

antiX thread, only saw the 17.
Irrelevant post
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