switch off auto-selection of text (or what ever it is called ..)

[Owen Thomas]

On 27 December 2017 at 14:09, walt <w7prb at comcast.net> wrote:

> Owen:
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron 15 5558 laptop computer.  I run Linux Mint 18
> exclusively. I use the following scripts to turn the touch pad on and off.
>
>
> To turn off:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #Turn Laptop Pad off
> #
> synclient touchpadoff=1
>
>
> To turn on:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #turn laptop pad on
> #
> synclient touchpadoff=0
>

There appears to be a slight problem, although I think the answer might be
obvious to those who know...

I can enter synclient touchpadoff=1 into a terminal session, and my mouse
does not respond. When I alt-tab to another application, it comes back. It
remains when I alt-tab back to the terminal window; I have to re-enter the
command again.

Is this a session scope thing? What must I do to suppress the mouse no
matter which application I use?
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