Can't disable touchpad
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183******07
deepin
2018-06-06 16:34
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I am using deepin 15.5 on an Asus Zenbook laptop, Gnome desktop environment.

Although I've clicked on the Disable Touchpad box, my touchpad remains active all the time. This constantly interferes with my typing, the cursor jumping to unexpected/unintended places.

Is this solveable on my computer? If so, how.

Thanks for all suggestions!
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chase183
deepin
2018-06-06 17:51
#1
I believe this is a bug as even in 15.6 Beta this feature does not work.
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183******07
deepin
2018-06-06 19:30
#2
https://bbs.deepin.org/post/157711
I believe this is a bug as even in 15.6 Beta this feature does not work.

What a pity if this is so. Quite an annoying bug.
Thanks for the info
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mhlan
deepin
2018-06-09 18:22
#3
i cannot control the touch pad neither. but i want it active
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chase183
deepin
2018-06-10 07:55
#4
Edited by chase183 at 2018-6-9 23:56
https://bbs.deepin.org/post/157711
i cannot control the touch pad neither. but i want it active

It is not for disabling the trackpad its for when you are typing and your palm or fingers  accidentally move the mouse while you type its suppose to disable the trackpad while you are typing. Ubuntu has this and Linux Mint.
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bobo
deepin
2018-06-10 10:44
#5
Try to disable it mannually
  1. #!/bin/bash
  2. if synclient -l | grep -qi "TouchpadOff .*=.*[0,2]"; then
  3.     echo "Touchpad was On"
  4.     synclient TouchpadOff=1
  5.     echo "Touchpad is Off"
  6. else
  7.     echo "Touchpad was Off"
  8.     synclient TouchpadOff=0
  9.     echo "Touchpad is On"
  10. fi
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