External touchpad for Ubuntu?

[Volker Wysk]

Am Mittwoch, den 23.12.2020, 00:42 -0800 schrieb 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?

Sorry, I don't know. It was just a shot in the dark.

Bye,
Volker
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