Disabling touchpad when mouse plugged in.  [Solved]

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rajiv
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Disabling touchpad when mouse plugged in.

#1 Post by rajiv »

It appears that the synaptics touchpad driver, having been deprecated, no longer works in KDE Wayland. There could be a potential work around suggested in a kubuntu forum, but it requires the installation of a ppa
synaptics has been depreciated and will not work with Wayland. You have to use X11 for it to work. But right now it still works.
I've also used Touchpad-indicator which sort of works but you have to install it via it's ppa from here
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
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How do I install this ppa on MX to see whether I can disable the touchpad when the mouse is plugged in

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 [6.1.69-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-17-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
    init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.3_KDE_x64 Libretto
    January 21 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Default product: Default v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: N/A model: N/A serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: BNY210-N509F1-16C0KAM-J1333-23080102-V01 date: 08/01/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.5/38.5 Wh (100.0%) volts: 8.8 min: N/A
    model: Real Battery type: Unknown serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Celeron N5095A bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Alder Lake level: v2 built: 2021+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9C (156) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x24000024
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
    L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 1x1.5 MiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 792 high: 798 min/max: 800/2900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 797 2: 787 3: 798 4: 789 bogomips: 15974
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel JasperLake [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-11 process: Intel 10nm
    built: 2019-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4e55
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Realtek USB Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 0bda:5803
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model-id: HKC 0x3cfb built: 2021 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
    size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (JSL)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Jasper Lake HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_icl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:4dc8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-17-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  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
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3165 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:3
    chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 80 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
    sub-v: 1000 hci-v: 4.2 rev: 1000
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:5 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 157.01 GiB (16.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: KUU model: 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 8B0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 97.66 GiB size: 95.56 GiB (97.86%) used: 15.06 GiB (15.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1000 MiB size: 998 MiB (99.80%) used: 288 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 809.44 GiB size: 795.67 GiB (98.30%) used: 134.47 GiB (16.9%) fs: ext4
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Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 23.44 GiB used: 7.48 GiB (31.9%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3
    maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2848 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2840 libs: 1577 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
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  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
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  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
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  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/slack.list
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Info:
  Processes: 333 Uptime: 3d 3h 10m wakeups: 34 Memory: 15.46 GiB used: 8.15 GiB (52.7%)
  Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (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
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Re: Disabling touchpad when mouse plugged in.

#2 Post by j2mcgreg »

Debian does not equal Ubuntu. Installing / activating a ppa in MX is a sure way to mess with your system. See here:
viewtopic.php?t=44747
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rajiv
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Re: Disabling touchpad when mouse plugged in.

#3 Post by rajiv »

Thanks - I will go ahead and make a package request. The inability to disable the touchpad when plugging in a mouse is quite frustrating.
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Re: Disabling touchpad when mouse plugged in.

#4 Post by rajiv »

It turns out that the Touchpad indicator is in one of the MX repositories. I will install and report back.
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Re: Disabling touchpad when mouse plugged in.  [Solved]

#5 Post by rajiv »

Yes. Installed and it works. I can manually disable the touchpad with the mouse.
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