[Fwd: Turn off touchpad while typing]

George Farris farrisg at cc.mala.bc.ca
Tue Oct 7 17:25:43 UTC 2008


Shouldn't we have this type of thing in the touchpad settings and I
would think it should be enabled by default.


-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: dennis <dennis at nautcomm.ca>
> To: info at nautcomm.ca
> Subject: Turn off touchpad while typing
> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:21:07 -0700
> 
> Turn off touchpad while typing
> 
> 
>      1. Create a backup copy of /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>         
>      2. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
>         
>      3. Locate the following section:
>         Section "InputDevice"
>         
>                 Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
>                 
>      4. Add the following entry to the end of the section:
>         Option "SHMConfig" "on"
>         
>      5. Save the file.
>         
>      6. Start the Session Manager. To do this, on the System menu, point
>         to Preferences, and then click Sessions.
>         
>      7. Click the Startup Programs tab, and then click Add.
>         
>      8. In the Name box, type a descriptive name.
>         
>      9. In the Command box, type syndaemon -d -t -i 2.
>         Note: In this example, 2 represents the number of seconds to
>         disable the mouse pad after the last character has been typed. 
>         
>     10. Type a description, and then click OK.
>         
>     11. Restart the session. To do this, close any running programs, and
>         then press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE.
>         






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