Bodhi Linux and ACPI

Sharpshooter · 06-29-2018, 08:44 AM

Hi,

I installed Bodhi 5.0 on my EEEPC 1215b. Everything works well except some ACPI keys (sleep key, (dis)activate touchpad, click on tap etc.).

Can someone help me to make this options work ?

Thanks.

business_kid · 06-30-2018, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharpshooter

Hi,

I installed Bodhi 5.0 on my EEEPC 1215b. Everything works well except some ACPI keys (sleep key, (dis)activate touchpad, click on tap etc.).

Can someone help me to make this options work ?

Thanks.

Get aterminal open. You need to run acpid with the '-l' option, which logs events to syslog. In one terminal, run

Code:

tail -f /car/log,/messages

or whatever your log file is. Then press all function keys, and see what's logged.

Jeff91 · 06-30-2018, 07:59 AM

If you open the "quick launcher" and search for "key bindings" you should be able to bind those function keys to do as you want.

There is a built in Moksha command for suspending the system, but for something like disabling the touch pad you'll probably need to find a command to run online for your specific touchpad version.

Sharpshooter · 08-19-2018, 12:15 PM

I installed synaptics driver and now I can click with a tap.

But I didn't find how to disactivate the pad.

business_kid · 08-19-2018, 01:43 PM

Is the touchpad deactivation a big thing? Why not just leave it and avoid sitting on it :-)

Jeff91 · 08-19-2018, 01:47 PM

Should be able to do that using the xinput command as detailed here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/6595...e-the-touchpad

the_waiter · 08-23-2018, 04:41 AM

Hello there

For touchpad matter I recommended the touchpad-indicator to my colleague. Maybe not ideal, but working solution

Stefan

enigma9o7 · 08-23-2018, 01:26 PM

I use an external trackball and ocassionally bump the trackpad, so thought I'd try. Xinput method worked for me. Not sure if I would need to add to startup commands or not as I haven't rebooted...

Code:

bodhi@VPCF115FM:~$ xinput list

Command 'xinput' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install xinput

bodhi@VPCF115FM:~$ sudo apt install xinput
[sudo] password for bodhi: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  xinput
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 26.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 71.7 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 xinput amd64 1.6.2-1build1 [26.4 kB]
Fetched 26.4 kB in 1s (50.9 kB/s) 
Selecting previously unselected package xinput.
(Reading database ... 230282 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../xinput_1.6.2-1build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xinput (1.6.2-1build1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Setting up xinput (1.6.2-1build1) ...
bodhi@VPCF115FM:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Sony Vaio Jogdial                       	id=7	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Microsoft Trackball Optical® 	id=11	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint                	id=13	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sony Vaio Keys                          	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ UVC Camera (064e:2100): Sony Vi         	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=12	[slave  keyboard (3)]
bodhi@VPCF115FM:~$ xinput --disable 13
bodhi@VPCF115FM:~$