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I would like to turn my touchpad off when my desktop starts. How can I do that? I already found that the following script outputs 14:

xinput list | grep -Eo 'TouchPad\s*id\=[0-9]{1,2}' | grep -Eo '[0-9]{1,2}'

But how can I configure my computer such that the script 

xinput set-prop 14 "Device Enabled" 0

would be run when starting XFCE?

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  • Are you using the synaptics driver? If yes, try synclient Disabled=1
    – s3lph
    Apr 18, 2014 at 22:16
  • I'm not using that driver. My question is that how to run the script automatically when desktop starts.
    – Jaakko Seppälä
    Apr 18, 2014 at 22:26

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xfce4-session-settings

Then open the tab "Application Autostart" and click on 'Add'. Alternately you can create a .desktop file and put it in ~/.config/autostart.

A simple .desktop file could be:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=test
Comment=test
Exec=path_to_script_or_command
Icon=
Terminal=true
StartupNotify=false
Hidden=false
OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
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