I installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS on my Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 320 and the Option to disable the trackpad while typing does not work. Thank you for your help!
1 Answer
You can use syndaemon to automatically disable touchpad while typing.
An example would be:
syndaemon -i -K -R -t -d
-i specifies how many seconds after last key press before enabling the touchpad (default is 2 seconds)
-K allows modifiers such as Shift and Alt
-R uses XRecord for detecting keyboard activity instead of polling
-t only disables tapping and scrolling but allows mouse movement
-d will start syndaemon as a daemon
you can see all of the options on
man syndaemon
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so when i write "syndaemon -i 0.5" i won't get a new command line. It works but only until i close the Terminal. It looks like it is stuck in a loop after i send the command.– DanielJul 31, 2013 at 22:38
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@Daniel You may try running it with ` &` at the end so that it's run in the background. As for the terminal closing problem, if you save the command in a simple script file and add it to the starting apps, I think it should do the thing. Perhaps adding something like
sleep 15
before the command may be necessary. Jul 31, 2013 at 22:59 -
@Daniel did you try 'syndaemon -i 0.5 -d' ? The -d should start it as a daemon and run in background– bigbashAug 6, 2013 at 19:31