21 May
2024
21 May
'24
4:55 p.m.
I'm setting up a laptop machine that doesn't have a BIOS setting for
disabling its touchpad. I can run synclient in the user's .bashrc, but that
doesn't disable it in the greeter, where one enters one's username and
password.
Where in the TDE startup sequence can I run synclient to disable the
touchpad?
Leslie
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21 May
21 May
5:35 p.m.
Anno domini 2024 Tue, 21 May 11:55:21 -0500
J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels scripsit:
I'm setting up a laptop machine that doesn't
have a BIOS setting for
disabling its touchpad. I can run synclient in the user's .bashrc, but that
doesn't disable it in the greeter, where one enters one's username and
password.
Where in the TDE startup sequence can I run synclient to disable the
touchpad?
~/.xsessionrc or ~/.xinitrc depending on your system. Do someting like
( sleep 10; synclient ) &
just to be sure Xorg finished it's stuff.
Nik
Leslie
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11:42 p.m.
On 2024-05-21 12:35:31 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-devels wrote:
Anno domini 2024 Tue, 21 May 11:55:21 -0500
J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels scripsit:
Does it run before I'm logged in? Doesn't seem like it could. Maybe put it
somewhere like /usr/lib64/X11/...?
Leslie
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I'm setting up a laptop machine that
doesn't have a BIOS setting
for disabling its touchpad. I can run synclient in the user's .bashrc,
but that doesn't disable it in the greeter, where one enters one's
username and password.
Where in the TDE startup sequence can I run synclient to disable
the touchpad?
~/.xsessionrc or ~/.xinitrc depending on your system. Do someting like
( sleep 10; synclient ) &
just to be sure Xorg finished it's stuff.
Nik
22 May
22 May
7:23 a.m.
Anno domini 2024 Tue, 21 May 18:42:27 -0500
J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels scripsit:
On 2024-05-21 12:35:31 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via
tde-devels wrote:
If you need it on the tdm screen try "man tdm" - or just take a look at
/etc/trinity/tdm/Xsession
Nik
Anno domini 2024 Tue, 21 May 11:55:21 -0500
J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels scripsit:
Does it run before I'm logged in? Doesn't seem like it could. Maybe put it
somewhere like /usr/lib64/X11/...? I'm setting up a laptop machine that
doesn't have a BIOS setting
for disabling its touchpad. I can run synclient in the user's .bashrc,
but that doesn't disable it in the greeter, where one enters one's
username and password.
Where in the TDE startup sequence can I run synclient to disable
the touchpad?
~/.xsessionrc or ~/.xinitrc depending on your system. Do someting like
( sleep 10; synclient ) &
just to be sure Xorg finished it's stuff.
Nik
Leslie
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7:28 a.m.
Anno domini 2024 Wed, 22 May 09:23:31 +0200
Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-devels scripsit:
Anno domini 2024 Tue, 21 May 18:42:27 -0500
J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels scripsit:
sorry copy&past error: /etc/trinity/tdm/Xsetup :)
On 2024-05-21 12:35:31 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via
tde-devels wrote:
If you need it on the tdm screen try "man tdm" - or just take a look at
/etc/trinity/tdm/Xsession Anno domini 2024 Tue, 21 May 11:55:21 -0500
J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels scripsit:
Does it run before I'm logged in? Doesn't seem like it could. Maybe put it
somewhere like /usr/lib64/X11/...? I'm setting up a laptop machine that
doesn't have a BIOS setting
for disabling its touchpad. I can run synclient in the user's .bashrc,
but that doesn't disable it in the greeter, where one enters one's
username and password.
Where in the TDE startup sequence can I run synclient to disable
the touchpad?
~/.xsessionrc or ~/.xinitrc depending on your system. Do someting like
( sleep 10; synclient ) &
just to be sure Xorg finished it's stuff.
Nik
Nik
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7:37 a.m.
On 2024-05-22 02:23:31 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-devels wrote:
Anno domini 2024 Tue, 21 May 18:42:27 -0500
J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels scripsit:
Ah! Thank you; I see that TDM provides exit points for scripts at various
points during its startup and shutdown, just what I needed.
Leslie
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On 2024-05-21 12:35:31 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via
tde-devels wrote:
If you need it on the tdm screen try "man tdm" - or just take a look at
/etc/trinity/tdm/Xsession
Nik Anno domini 2024 Tue, 21 May 11:55:21 -0500
J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels scripsit:
Does it run before I'm logged in? Doesn't seem like it could. Maybe
put it somewhere like /usr/lib64/X11/...? I'm setting up a laptop machine that
doesn't have a BIOS
setting for disabling its touchpad. I can run synclient in the
user's .bashrc, but that doesn't disable it in the greeter, where one
enters one's username and password.
Where in the TDE startup sequence can I run synclient to
disable the touchpad?
~/.xsessionrc or ~/.xinitrc depending on your system. Do someting like
( sleep 10; synclient ) &
just to be sure Xorg finished it's stuff.
Nik 
21 May
21 May
5:42 p.m.
On 5/21/24 11:55 AM, J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels wrote:
I'm setting up a laptop machine that doesn't
have a BIOS setting for
disabling its touchpad. I can run synclient in the user's .bashrc, but that
doesn't disable it in the greeter, where one enters one's username and
password.
Where in the TDE startup sequence can I run synclient to disable the
touchpad?
The xinput command also is needed.
Further, some newer laptops such as Thinkpads have "extra buttons." In
addition to using xinput and synclient to disable trackpads, these extra
buttons need to be disabled too.
In my case with a Thinkpad T580, using xinput list | grep -i 'thinkpad
extra buttons' reveals the culprit.
I have a Thinkpad T400 and I only need the basic xinput and synclient
commands.
With both laptops I mapped my shell script commands to Fn+F11 to toggle
the trackpad.
To integrate the script with TDE, or any desktop environment, I created
$HOME/.config/autostart/trackpad-disable.desktop to launch my
trackpad-disable script. This automatically disables the trackpad. For
just TDE, the $TDEHOME/Autostart likely would suffice. When I want to
--rare -- I can use Fn+F11 to enable the trackpad.
11:18 p.m.
On 2024-05-21 12:42:54 Darrell Anderson via tde-devels wrote:
On 5/21/24 11:55 AM, J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels
wrote:
For...?
I'm setting up a laptop machine that
doesn't have a BIOS setting for
disabling its touchpad. I can run synclient in the user's .bashrc, but
that doesn't disable it in the greeter, where one enters one's username
and password.
Where in the TDE startup sequence can I run synclient to disable the
touchpad?
The xinput command also is needed.
Further, some newer laptops such as Thinkpads have "extra buttons." In
addition to using xinput and synclient to disable trackpads, these extra
buttons need to be disabled too.
In my case with a Thinkpad T580, using xinput list | grep -i 'thinkpad
extra buttons' reveals the culprit.
I have a Thinkpad T400 and I only need the basic xinput and synclient
commands.
With both laptops I mapped my shell script commands to Fn+F11 to toggle
the trackpad.
To integrate the script with TDE, or any desktop environment, I created
$HOME/.config/autostart/trackpad-disable.desktop to launch my
trackpad-disable script. This automatically disables the trackpad. For
just TDE, the $TDEHOME/Autostart likely would suffice. When I want to
--rare -- I can use Fn+F11 to enable the trackpad.
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Okay, but I'm trying to get it disabled in the greeter screen, where one
enters username and password, before the user session starts; so an autostart
routine is too late.
Leslie
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22 May
22 May
12:25 a.m.
On 2024-05-21 18:48:24 Darrell Anderson via tde-devels wrote:
On 5/21/24 6:18 PM, J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels
wrote:
For example:
xinput --set-prop "$XINPUT_TOUCHPAD_NAME" "Device Enabled" 0
Okay. Put this where so that it happens before the greeter asks for login?
Leslie
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The
xinput command also is needed.
For...?
12:31 a.m.
On 5/21/24 7:25 PM, J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels wrote:
I mentioned that in a previous reply:
To integrate the script with TDE, or any desktop environment, I created
$HOME/.config/autostart/trackpad-disable.desktop to launch my
trackpad-disable script. This automatically disables the trackpad. For
just TDE, the $TDEHOME/Autostart likely would suffice. When I want to
--rare -- I can use Fn+F11 to enable the trackpad.
xinput
--set-prop "$XINPUT_TOUCHPAD_NAME" "Device Enabled" 0
Okay. Put this where so that it happens before the greeter asks for login?
12:49 a.m.
On 2024-05-21 19:31:44 Darrell Anderson via tde-devels wrote:
On 5/21/24 7:25 PM, J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels
wrote:
I mentioned that in a previous reply:
To integrate the script with TDE, or any desktop environment, I created
$HOME/.config/autostart/trackpad-disable.desktop to launch my
trackpad-disable script. This automatically disables the trackpad. For
just TDE, the $TDEHOME/Autostart likely would suffice. When I want to
--rare -- I can use Fn+F11 to enable the trackpad.
But that would happen AFTER login I want it disabled in the greeter (login)
screen before I login.
Leslie
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xinput
--set-prop "$XINPUT_TOUCHPAD_NAME" "Device Enabled" 0
Okay. Put this where so that it happens before the greeter asks for
login?
1:02 a.m.
On 5/21/24 7:49 PM, J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels wrote:
But that would happen AFTER login I want it disabled
in the greeter (login)
screen before I login.
You mean TDM? I don't use graphical logins much (I'm a dinosaur who
still uses startx), but TDM has many configuration options. Perhaps edit
the Xsetup script?
3:01 a.m.
On 2024-05-21 20:02:11 Darrell Anderson via tde-devels wrote:
On 5/21/24 7:49 PM, J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels
wrote:
Perhaps. That's what I'm asking.
Leslie
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But that would happen AFTER login I want it
disabled in the greeter
(login) screen before I login.
You mean TDM? I don't use graphical logins much (I'm a dinosaur who
still uses startx), but TDM has many configuration options. Perhaps edit
the Xsetup script?
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