ksynaptics

[Derek Broughton]

Howard Coles Jr. wrote:

> I've seen the xorg.conf solution to tapping on a touchpad accidentally.
> 
> Option “MaxTapTime” “0"
> Option “MaxTapMove” “0"
> 
> Will disable moving and tapping, but it does it permanently.
> 
> However, what I need is a solution that does the following:
> If I have an external mouse plugged in, disable the touchpad, if not
> enable
> the touchpad.  When I'm traveling I may not have the usb mouse plugged in.
> 
> That's what I used ksynaptics for.  Is there an option in xorg (that I
> haven't found) that will do that?
> 
I don't think so.  You could write a udev rule that runs "syndaemon -t -d"
when a mouse is plugged it, and kills it on unplug (I haven't ever done
this... :-) )
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derek