gnome 3 in 12.1.
Touchpad, set to disable while typing.
Problem: it is disabled too long after typing ends.
How adjust that time?
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Cheers/Saludos
Carlos E. R. (12.1 test at Minas-Anor)
Hi Carlos, have a read of this thread. In particular, post #7. The ‘man syndaemon’ page has some useful info.
I just tried it (albeit with KDE 4.8.5), and it seems to work. Hopefully it won’t conflict with gnome-settings…
Some good info here too it seems…
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Disable_Trackpad_while_Typing
On 2013-01-12 10:46, deano ferrari wrote:
> Hi Carlos, have a read of this ‘thread.’
> (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=122314) In particular, post
> #7. The ‘man syndaemon’ page has some useful info.
Interesting! 
Grepping the output of ps, I see that the daemon is used like this:
syndaemon -i 2.0 -K -R
In the thread you point to, the poster first disables the setting in
gnome, then calls:
syndaemon -d -k -i 0.2s
and:
-i <idle-time>
How many seconds to wait after the last key
press before enabling the touchpad. (default
is 2.0s).
-k Ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity.
-K Like -k but also ignore Modifier+Key combos.
-R Use the XRecord extension for detecting keyboard
activity instead of polling the keyboard
state.
-d Start as a daemon, ie in the background.
I’m using rigth now
syndaemon -k -R -i 0.4s
in a terminal and loving it so far. I’l have to check while I type, then
set it as a daemon. Where can I start that automatically, I wonder…
Thanks!
Ah, I see you mention the synaptics page. However, as I see that gnome
settings was calling syndaemon directly, I’ll do the same with adjusted
parameters. A shame this is not adjustable directly, and aparently it
has been reported and ignored by the devs.
And this might also work in my 11.4 install when I go back to it next
week…
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Cheers/Saludos
Carlos E. R. (12.1 test at Minas-Anor)
On 2013-01-12 11:42, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> I’m using rigth now
>
> syndaemon -k -R -i 0.4s
>
> in a terminal and loving it so far. I’l have to check while I type, then
> set it as a daemon. Where can I start that automatically, I wonder…
Note: It has to be restarted after hibernation, because it doesn’t work.
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Cheers/Saludos
Carlos E. R. (12.1 test at Minas-Anor)
Ah, I see you mention the synaptics page. However, as I see that gnome
settings was calling syndaemon directly, I’ll do the same with adjusted
parameters. A shame this is not adjustable directly, and aparently it
has been reported and ignored by the devs.
I doubt GNOME will ever add that level of configurability. But GNOME 3.4.2 onwards the default is “disable for 1s” instead of “disable for 2s” which is much more sane; maybe that will suffice for you.
On 2013-01-12 11:42, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> I’m using rigth now
>
> syndaemon -k -R -i 0.4s
…
> And this might also work in my 11.4 install when I go back to it next
> week…
Well, it doesn’t. There is a conflict and the mouse disappears. I had to
start gsynaptics-init manually, without mouse. Unfortunately, gsynaptics
in 11.4 doesn’t have an option to disable the mouse while typing, and it
is a real pain.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))
On Tue 15 Jan 2013 11:54:09 PM CST, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2013-01-12 11:42, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> I’m using rigth now
>
> syndaemon -k -R -i 0.4s
…
> And this might also work in my 11.4 install when I go back to it next
> week…
Well, it doesn’t. There is a conflict and the mouse disappears. I had to
start gsynaptics-init manually, without mouse. Unfortunately, gsynaptics
in 11.4 doesn’t have an option to disable the mouse while typing, and it
is a real pain.
Hi
You should be able to enable/disable via xinput.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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On 2013-01-16 02:34, malcolmlewis wrote:
> Hi
> You should be able to enable/disable via xinput.
Enable/disable the touchpad? I want the thing to be automatic, for
manuals I have a hardware switch on the laptop…
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))