How do I disable my laptop's touch pad?

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This is my first day with KDE & SUSE. I'm using a mouse. The mouse & the touch pad are at war. The war is crippling my ability to proceed with KDE.

Thank you,
Mark.

systemsettings -> input devices -> touchpad -> enable/disable -> .........

can't you disable with the std laptop FN key?

google01103 wrote:systemsettings -> input devices -> touchpad -> enable/disable -> .........

What is systemsettings? Note: I've been using computers daily since the late 1960s and I have massive experience with CLIs and GUIs for decades, so don't hold back. (I like it fast and hard.)

google01103 wrote:can't you disable with the std laptop FN key?

I don't know to what you refer.

PS: Ah! 'Fn-F6' toggled the touch pad off. I didn't have to do that in Win7. The driver automatically detected the conflict with the mouse and disabled it for me.

1) in krunner type systemsettings or in Kmenu click "configure desktop", systemsettings is the Kde control module

2) iirc, and I don't often use a laptop, is there not a button or a FN key combo to disable the trackpad?

3) in konsole try

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synclient TouchpadOFF=1

4) for further info see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics

google01103 wrote:systemsettings -> input devices -> touchpad -> enable/disable -> .........

I am (was) running an application that has an icon on the taskbar that looks like an 'X' made of an open-end wrench and a screwdriver. The application's title bar does not identify it, so I don't know what the application's name is. I will call it 'wrench+screwdriver'.

'wrench+screwdriver' has 2 panels. The left-hand panel shows a tree. I'm here: Hardware > Input Devices > Touchpad.

The right-hand panel shows settings for the touch pad.

There is no enable/disable setting.

the wrench+screwdriver is openSUSE's system configuration tool, systemsetting is KDE's desktop configuration tool, I'm guessing you're using YAST

in konsole type "systemsettings" and follow my earlier instructions

google01103 wrote:the wrench+screwdriver is openSUSE's system configuration tool, systemsetting is KDE's desktop configuration tool, I'm guessing you're using YAST

in konsole type "systemsettings" and follow my earlier instructions

I submitted "systemsettings" in Konsole (Terminal).

It opens a window titled: "System Settings" -- this is the application I've been referring to, but unfortunately, it keeps changing its title name.

Right Panel: Hardware > Input Devices > Touchpad.

There is no setting in the left panel to enable/disable the touchpad. Not under "Hardware" tab, or "Cursor Motion" tab, or "Scrolling" tab, or "Tapping" tab.

Is my "System Settings" app defective?

no idea what you could be missing

I assume you have package xf86-input-synaptics installed but chck, I think the actual stuff is in plasma5-desktop and plasma-framework

google01103 wrote:

I have no such "Enable/Disable Touchpad" tab. In fact, my System Settings app looks nothing like your screen shot.

How did you insert a picture into your forum post? I can't see any way to insert an attachment or a picture. If I could do that, I would have shown you my System Settings app.

forum image posting
re: images, the forum doesn't host images you must use a 3rd part image hosting site

to facilitate tagging there are buttons if you use the post's preview button


the tags are:

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for images [img] http://address_of_image [/img]
to resize the image (width size limit of 720 pixels) [thumb=500] http:/address_of_image [/thumb]