Turn off touchpad while typing. [Solved]

[dancytron]

I'd like to turn off the touchpad while I'm typing. The solution in the xfce help, which also works on Puppy Linux and some similar distros, is to run this, but I get an the error below. Same with sudo and a root terminal..

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$ syndaemon -i 2.0 -K -R
No synaptics properties on device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'.

See https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/mouse.

Thanks,

Dan

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System:
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    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.2_x64 Libretto October 15  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
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    date: 12/07/2015
Battery:
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CPU:
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  Device-2: Microdia HP Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-1.2:3 chip-ID: 0c45:651b
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
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  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: AU Optronics 0x10ec built: 2014 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
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Audio:
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    bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403
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  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
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Network:
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Bluetooth:
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Info:
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  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
SecureBoot enabled

[Charlie Brown]

libinput is the default driver as of MX-23 (hence that output/error) (...however that feature is already set to off by default).

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sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad-libinput.conf

You can add this line

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    Option "DisableWhileTyping" "true"

Save ...

[Charlie Brown]

In case you'd like to turn back to (the good old) Synaptics :

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sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad-libinput.conf{,.old} ; sudo apt update ; sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics -y

Reboot.


To revert back to libinput (for whatever reason) :

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sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad-libinput.conf.old /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad-libinput.conf ; sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics -y

Reboot.

[dancytron]

Thanks.

I'll test it this evening and then mark this as solved.

[Jerry3904]

There is also a convenient GUI touchpad-indicator available in the repos.

[MXRobo]

And I like(d) to reduce the delay much more, say syndaemon -i 0.1 -K -R
and "-t"

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-t     Only disable tapping and scrolling, not mouse movements, in  response  to  keyboard activity.

man syndaemon

[dancytron]

Tested and it works. I'm sure google will have the info on how to fine tune it if necessary now that I know where to look. Marking as solved.

The help button in the xfce4-mouse-settings application help button points to the old syndaemon way on the xfce site. https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/mouse

[dancytron]

There is also a convenient GUI touchpad-indicator available in the repos.

Perfect. Thanks.