how do I turn off touch to left click on my touch pad

rob.rice · 05-25-2012, 05:26 PM

how do I turn off touch to left click on my laptop touch pad ?
I running slackware-1337 with gpm

duttocal · 05-25-2012, 07:42 PM

just back 2 months i did some experimental linux on my hp touchpad, as touch controls i used something called easystroke, i dont know if its your solution but it does not left click as long as you drag across screen, which i guess is what you want other than the generic always-left-click-nomatter-what controls
of course, i dont really know a lot about this, heres your free bump, I, and also you should try googling this, as this is most likely a common question.
lazy

rob.rice · 05-25-2012, 10:37 PM

it's uncommon enough that it has linuxquestions stumped
yes I did google it all the results I got were for windoze
google has abandoned linux to the point that "linux" seems to be an ignored word in searches

catkin · 05-26-2012, 04:48 AM

Assuming your touchpad is a Synaptics model (most are) there's good information on the ArchWIKI.

rob.rice · 05-29-2012, 03:30 PM

I think I'll go with Disable touchpad upon external mouse detection
I'll just have to add a symlink to /root in /home so it works the same way for root as a plain user
this will work not only with X but with the real command line and gpm

thanks I think I'll book mark that wiki

onebuck · 05-31-2012, 09:22 AM

Hi,

Here is a script that I use on one of my laptops;

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# touchpad.sh Written by Atanas S / Siteground Support Team

# First we need to get the device ID from the xinput
# if it does not work for you, you may need to set the cut -f option to another number
# I would suggest that you test the command in your terminal first to see the result
# It should output an integer usually between 8-15, at least on my lap top :D

getdev=`xinput list |grep pointer |grep PS |cut -f 2`
devid=${getdev/id=/}

#Second we need to get the device status, if it is enabled or not

# if it does not work for you, you may need to set the cut -f option to another number
# I would suggest that you test the command in your terminal first to see the result
# It should output 0 or 1

getstatus=`xinput list-props $devid |grep 'Device Enabled' |cut -f 3`

#once we get the device status depending on the status we set it the other way arround
        if [ "$getstatus" == "1" ]; then
        newstatus="0"
        else
        newstatus="1"
        fi
`xinput set-prop $devid "Device Enabled" $newstatus`

If synaptic then;

Code:

#
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#  Author: Rossana Motta -  email: rossana.hell.no.127.0.0.1@gmail.com - http://ww2.cs.fsu.edu/~motta
# Version: 1.0
# Date: Dec 31st 2006
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

# A very very simple servicemenu to disable or enable your touchpad
# Notice: it only works if it is a *synaptic* touchpad
# There are plenty of ways to disable your touchpad, for example
# through the comamnds synclient TouchpadOff=1 or synclient TouchpadOff=0
# which is exactly what this servicemenu does.
# 
# 
# At reboot this setting is reset and touchpad is enabled by default
# If you want to disable it permanently, you can comment the touchpad section
# in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
#
#               USAGE:
#
#   1) copy the file Disable_Enable_Touchpad.desktop in the KDE servicemenus folder,
#       that is located in /home/<your_username>/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus
#               OR
#   2) just leave the file Disable_Enable_Touchpad.desktop in same folder
#       and right click it; on "action" you'll find the touchpad entry
#

[Desktop Action DisableTouchpad]
Exec=synclient TouchpadOff=1
Icon=presence_offline
Name=Disable Touchpad

[Desktop Action EnableTouchpad]
Exec=synclient TouchpadOff=0
Icon=presence_online
Name=Enable Touchpad

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=DisableTouchpad;EnableTouchpad
Encoding=UTF-8
Icon=yast-mouse
Name=Disable_Enable_Touchpad.desktop
Name[en_US]=Disable_Enable_Touchpad.desktop
ServiceTypes=inode/directory
X-KDE-Submenu=Disable/Enable Touchpad

HTH!