[ltp] Re: E520 - turn off touch pad

[Jim S]

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I'm not yet proficient enough to apply a patch. How do I use it? And once
it's patched, how do I set it?

Thanks, Jim Sheetz, Computer Engineering freshman.

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx> wrote:

>  =E2=9D=A6  8 septembre 2014 18:53 +0200, Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx=
> :
>
> >> I've always been able to turn the touch pad off and on in Mint 17 64
> bit, but
> >> when I do, it also turns off the buttons. The Trackpoint device also
> uses
> >> those buttons. I've tried all the options mentioned here. Any
> >> suggestions?
> >
> > I am using this patch. I am surprised that synclient could turn the
> > touchpad off while keeping the soft buttons functional, but I didn't
> > test.
>
> BTW, a more simple solution without a patch is to configure the soft
> button area to take the whole touchpad. My patch is only useful to keep
> gestures and taps.
> --
> Terminate input by end-of-file or marker, not by count.
>             - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plauger)
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I&#39;m not yet proficient enough to apply a patch. H=
ow do I use it? And once it&#39;s patched, how do I set it?<br><br></div>Th=
anks, Jim Sheetz, Computer Engineering freshman.<br></div><div class=3D"gma=
il_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Vi=
ncent Bernat <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bernat@luffy.cx" targe=
t=3D"_blank">bernat@luffy.cx</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"=
gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-=
left:1ex">=C2=A0=E2=9D=A6=C2=A0 8 septembre 2014 18:53 +0200, Vincent Berna=
t &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bernat@luffy.cx">bernat@luffy.cx</a>&gt;=C2=A0:<br>
<span class=3D""><br>
&gt;&gt; I&#39;ve always been able to turn the touch pad off and on in Mint=
 17 64 bit, but<br>
&gt;&gt; when I do, it also turns off the buttons. The Trackpoint device al=
so uses<br>
&gt;&gt; those buttons. I&#39;ve tried all the options mentioned here. Any<=
br>
&gt;&gt; suggestions?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I am using this patch. I am surprised that synclient could turn the<br=
>
&gt; touchpad off while keeping the soft buttons functional, but I didn&#39=
;t<br>
&gt; test.<br>
<br>
</span>BTW, a more simple solution without a patch is to configure the soft=
<br>
button area to take the whole touchpad. My patch is only useful to keep<br>
gestures and taps.<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">--<br>
Terminate input by end-of-file or marker, not by count.<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 - The Elements of Programming Sty=
le (Kernighan &amp; Plauger)<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>

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