[tde-users] Re: How to turn off laptop touchpad? (xserver-xorg-input-synaptics doesn't) [SOLVED]

I made a bash script for the laptop i did this for a while back and plonked it into ~/.trinity/Autostart. (Executable text file) "~" means home directory. For the lay person. On Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 6:01 AM Jim &lt;zlists(a)ns.sympatico.ca&gt; wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 23:32 (-0500), J Leslie Turriff wrote: > > On 2022-09-16 20:06:58 James Leone wrote: > >> In general: > >> xinput set-prop id-number "Device Enabled" 0 > >> Specific example (if I wanted to disable my UVC Camera): > >> > >> xinput set-prop 12 "Device Enabled" 0 > >> > >> You need to identify the id-number of the touchpad first. > >> > >> Steps: > >> 1. at the command prompt, use: > > <snip> > > >> From the output, determine the id of your device. > > > > Yes, that works. Thank you. Should I put that into my .bashrc, > > or will it be remembered > > > across logout/ins? > > In case James doesn't get back to you soon... > > A quick experiment will probably show you that it will not be > remembered across logout / logins. > > Yes, if you put that command into your .bashrc (assuming you use bash) > you should be good to go. > > Jim