From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Sep 9 17:37:14 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07594BD4837 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 17:37:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oi0-x229.google.com (mail-oi0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B878316E8 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2016 17:37:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: by mail-oi0-x229.google.com with SMTP id m11so154422999oif.1 for ; Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:37:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qBiOoJRo7FvdgwMs/DTnoYzbAyd8QF8FNGq3kHJ8b3M=; b=A5LiH84qEI3VaTrLnlNmHz1/cDNExheZ4FoFANKfaRgITkTcQcuQZNqof7p+pNGn2b WeYELvVqUAkahAZ6uiTq7wjBB5hTuCs2eK8ronu04yDNVHTCE9GxFotPBf+p5ySqeSJy +r2LlCas0KKRC3astSx0TrHj+/OzdaCG58zSKswxWFLqTtVouerEJ/+ORRCXZPY7zhA1 NdNb0jnS6Jlnoa++sqMRCkN5BTQhRvmwlhZvYr99BOsbFTDeB1DvJmJ5MJhTmTEodfa2 59UWyoysj9YPHFHjNhuEVg5pOWm7OuFMt5UlPlkHhT3EJ6i7AT/j//78/UJ1/C+Z6VFw EELQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qBiOoJRo7FvdgwMs/DTnoYzbAyd8QF8FNGq3kHJ8b3M=; b=mhHh1uWMMHmCS9PU71U2K98fKS+X+NVWonF+RkvNvB9R41nHIXEY+IJpvyISxrWoVH cZ66onMx34yBS+y6nUg+vUjkxy3EitxV4mjqk+YnpMtKxvXHLtM/iZ1nt38ctqBghpBt kfOYFJ3P+m+Dx5Fo9JOr4XHLmSU76VCphqVDLyFhbamcI9Dtbe8kvJsTdZwRB25329cS poLKBplFi5POskbyBk17Lf/tMdapkBd/MsbvmSmqJgmOxJKMJPWs4tTLaZjgyv6PThzi LkPfX7zZw3DYEiLjjXrwHfuYgAqrSWJPesU1Tx8C8oBshB7eFSYhrN1R0p5iXkbvyI63 i8Vg== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwPhHBL3X75jEhEE+cjx1xVTvmr2QklatALkaUCJ07cF0+93XBaVqxYixqVKYL7ppA== X-Received: by 10.202.182.130 with SMTP id g124mr7436871oif.106.1473442632756; Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:37:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([50.243.4.3]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id u75sm1827680ita.16.2016.09.09.10.37.11 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:37:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: turning off the touchpad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: jd1008 Message-ID: <57D2F346.9040508@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 11:37:10 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:37:14 -0000 Do you have the command synclient in /bin or /usr/bin or /sbin or /usr/sbin ...etc ??? If yes, then you can turn it off and on with that command. synclient Touchpadoff=1 # turn it off synclient Touchpadoff=0 # turn it on On 09/09/2016 11:02 AM, doug wrote: > With the lastest version of Xorg they seem to have removed the ability > to do this. AFAIK from google, the x11 mailing list and X.org this is > not considered an issue or a bug. I found some stuff in FreeBSD 11.0 > with sysctrls that might work there (although their issue was turning > it on, if only...) those controls do not exist in FreeBSD 10.3. > > It appears that the change in integrating all support for pointing > devices in a single driver. In my 10.1 system the touchpad was > supported by a driver using ps2 interface, so adding > [moused_port="/dev/ums0"] to rc.conf fixed the problem. > > I am posting here as I hope someone has found a workaround. On some > laptops (esp mine) it is very hard to touch type and miss the > touchpad. I wish you could turn it off in the BIOS, but no such luck. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >