External touchpad for Ubuntu?

[P. Echols]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 10:32 PM Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:

> Am Dienstag, den 22.12.2020, 18:16 -0800 schrieb P. Echols:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 8:04 AM Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > if [ "$DISPLAY" == ":0" ]; then
> > >     xinput --disable "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"
> > > fi
> > >
> >
> > I have been doing something similar on my laptop. A script that toggles
> containing the command:
> >
> > xinput --disable 13
> >
> > Where 13 is the xid of the TouchPad.  Now that i have upgraded to 20.04,
> this no longer works.  In fact the command typed in a terminal doesn't
> work. Neither does it work formulated as Volcker suggests, using the exact
> device name as shown by:
> >
> > $xinput --list-props 13
> >
> > Any thoughts?
>
> Are you happening to run Wayland? If so, you could try it with X. You
> should
> be able to select the one in your display manager (the login screen).
>
>
>
I had been running unity (I've grown accustomed to the interface}
Switching to Ubuntu, not Wayland, solves this particular problem.

I assume Unity is using Wayland?  Do you know if it is possible to use the
unity desktop, but not wayland?
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