[ltp] Stopping Synaptics Touchpad Gesture Control

[Michael B Allen]

On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:14:17 +1200
Christopher Sawtell <csawtell@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> > How can I disable the gesture control of the Synaptics touchpad?
<snip> 
> Also remove the line:
>         Load  "synaptics"
> from the module section.
> Also
>         InputDevice    "Synaptics Mouse"  "AlwaysCore"
> from the ServerLayout section
> 
> That will without doubt stop the track-pad working completely.

Actually no. It does not. The touchpad still works and the gesture control
remains on. I believe the touchpad interprets movements and emits events
regardless of which driver you use. You must use the synaptics driver
to actually turn it OFF. In theory anyway.

Mike