How to get device ID

Question

I am using ubuntu 11.04 on my system. I want to disable the touchpad of the laptop, and for that I need the device id. Can anybody explain how to find the device ID of my device?

Answer 1

You can get a list of devices with the xinput list command. This should give output something like this (note the device IDs):

⎡ Virtual core pointer                      id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Logitech USB Receiver                     id=8    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Logitech USB Receiver                     id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Lite-On Technology Corp. ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint    id=12   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                     id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Logitech Logitech USB Headset             id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Lite-On Technology Corp. ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint    id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]

You can disable a device by floating it. For example, I can disable the TrackPoint on my system with:

xinput float 12

You can re-enable a device by attaching it to the corresponding master device:

xinput reattach 12 2

It is also possible to use the device names instead of numeric IDs (e.g. "Virtual core pointer" instead of 2) with both of these commands if you want to write a script that is independent of the numeric IDs.

Answer 2

if you mean from device id is serial number then you find this way

sudo dmidecode -t system | grep Serial

Output: Serial Number: PC0JDKDKF