On Sunday 28 February 2016 10:27:34 Charlie Kravetz wrote: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:42:11 +0300 > > Adam Wilson <mox...@riseup.net> wrote: > >On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:11:12 -0500 Haines Brown <hai...@histomat.net> > > > >wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 03:51:11PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote: > >> > On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:42:13 -0500 Haines Brown > >> > > >> > <hai...@histomat.net> wrote: > >> > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 11:56:53AM +0100, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > >> > > > Hello, > >> > > > under debian7 I was using gpoint.... to temporarily > >> > > > deactivate touchpad. My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a > >> > > > while the pointer is running wild. I hoped that this would > >> > > > not happen in debian8, but maybe it is a hardware failure, so > >> > > > I have to live/deal with it. > >> > > > > >> > > > thanks > >> > > > Bernd > >> > > > >> > > My Thinkpad touch pad was also driving me crazy because I > >> > > couldn't help moving the mouse pointer when typing. I simply > >> > > removed the synaptic package and have had peace ever since. > >> > > >> > Is there not a Fn+Key combination to activate/deactivate the > >> > touchpad minus the hassle? > >> > >> As best as I can make out from the x250 manual, there's no way to > >> disable the touchpad. I don't know why removing synaptic disabled > >> the touchpad. But doing so did no harm and I'm not sure why a > >> package manager is useful. > > Removing synaptic touchpad manager does not remove a package manager. > What used to be called synaptics-touchpad is now called > xserver-xorg-input-synaptics, which is Synaptics Touchpad driver. > > >So you don't use apt then?
Thanks for clarifying that. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
