Where to configure syndaemon settings?

Question

Where do I configure syndaemon default parameters?

By default it is called with -i 2.0 -K -R -t . I have a script that re-runs it with parameters that I need, but how do I do this properly?

I am on ubuntu 12.04

Answer 1

Dash -> Startup Applications

• Add
• Give it a name and put the command in for the script you need:

Reason for this ... there is not config file and those settings are hard coded.

Answer 2

As Rinzwind already pointed out, these settings are hardcoded in unity-settings-daemon:

https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/vivid/unity-settings-daemon/vivid/view/head:/plugins/mouse/gsd-mouse-manager.c

As a workaround, rename syndaemon to syndaemon.orig

mv /usr/bin/syndaemon /usr/bin/syndaemon.orig

and create a script syndaemon that just calls the original binary with the correct parameters:

cat << EOF > /usr/bin/syndaemon
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/syndaemon.orig -K -R -i0.5
EOF

Make it executable with

chmod +x /usr/bin/syndaemon

Answer 3

For those using Xubuntu:

http://www.computercorrect.com/2012/operating-systems/linux/xubuntu/configure-disable-touchpad-while-typing-delay/

I've found that making it half a second delay works well for me. The command you need to run at auto start is

syndaemon -i .5 -K -t -R -d