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Lenovo Y50 - Turn off Touchpad

Post by nfld.republic »

Hi Folks,

I reviewed the article http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=155527 which provides information to enable the Fn keystroke to enable/disable the touchpad. But this is for a U410 so it doesn't quite match.

Here is the information that I have:

cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor
LENOVO
cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name
20378
(The /sys/class/dmi/id/product_version holds Lenovo Y50-70)

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sudo evtest
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Available devices:
/dev/input/event0:	Power Button
/dev/input/event1:	Sleep Button
/dev/input/event2:	Lid Switch
/dev/input/event3:	Power Button
/dev/input/event4:	AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
/dev/input/event5:	SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
/dev/input/event6:	Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017
/dev/input/event7:	Video Bus
/dev/input/event8:	Video Bus
/dev/input/event9:	Ideapad extra buttons
/dev/input/event10:	HDA Intel PCH Headphone
/dev/input/event11:	HDA Intel PCH Mic
/dev/input/event12:	HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8
/dev/input/event13:	HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7
/dev/input/event14:	HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3
/dev/input/event15:	Lenovo EasyCamera
Select the device event number [0-15]:
When I select 9 for "Ideapad extra buttons" and get:

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elect the device event number [0-15]: 9
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x19 vendor 0x0 product 0x0 version 0x0
Input device name: "Ideapad extra buttons"
Supported events:
  Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
  Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
    Event code 148 (KEY_PROG1)
    Event code 149 (KEY_PROG2)
    Event code 186 (KEY_F16)
    Event code 192 (KEY_F22)
    Event code 193 (KEY_F23)
    Event code 202 (KEY_PROG3)
    Event code 203 (KEY_PROG4)
    Event code 212 (KEY_CAMERA)
    Event code 227 (KEY_SWITCHVIDEOMODE)
    Event code 238 (KEY_WLAN)
    Event code 240 (KEY_UNKNOWN)
  Event type 4 (EV_MSC)
    Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)
Properties:
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Fn+F6 is not detected.

When I run evtest for the "AT Translated Set 2 Keyboard" I get:

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$ sudo evtest
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Available devices:
/dev/input/event0:	Power Button
/dev/input/event1:	Sleep Button
/dev/input/event2:	Lid Switch
/dev/input/event3:	Power Button
/dev/input/event4:	AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
/dev/input/event5:	SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
/dev/input/event6:	Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017
/dev/input/event7:	Video Bus
/dev/input/event8:	Video Bus
/dev/input/event9:	Ideapad extra buttons
/dev/input/event10:	HDA Intel PCH Headphone
/dev/input/event11:	HDA Intel PCH Mic
/dev/input/event12:	HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8
/dev/input/event13:	HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7
/dev/input/event14:	HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3
/dev/input/event15:	Lenovo EasyCamera
Select the device event number [0-15]: 4
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x11 vendor 0x1 product 0x1 version 0xab41
Input device name: "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
Supported events:
  Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
  Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
    Event code 1 (KEY_ESC)
    Event code 2 (KEY_1)
    Event code 3 (KEY_2)
    Event code 4 (KEY_3)
    Event code 5 (KEY_4)
    Event code 6 (KEY_5)
    Event code 7 (KEY_6)
    Event code 8 (KEY_7)
    Event code 9 (KEY_8)
    Event code 10 (KEY_9)
    Event code 11 (KEY_0)
    Event code 12 (KEY_MINUS)
    Event code 13 (KEY_EQUAL)
    Event code 14 (KEY_BACKSPACE)
    Event code 15 (KEY_TAB)
    Event code 16 (KEY_Q)
    Event code 17 (KEY_W)
    Event code 18 (KEY_E)
    Event code 19 (KEY_R)
    Event code 20 (KEY_T)
    Event code 21 (KEY_Y)
    Event code 22 (KEY_U)
    Event code 23 (KEY_I)
    Event code 24 (KEY_O)
    Event code 25 (KEY_P)
    Event code 26 (KEY_LEFTBRACE)
    Event code 27 (KEY_RIGHTBRACE)
    Event code 28 (KEY_ENTER)
    Event code 29 (KEY_LEFTCTRL)
    Event code 30 (KEY_A)
    Event code 31 (KEY_S)
    Event code 32 (KEY_D)
    Event code 33 (KEY_F)
    Event code 34 (KEY_G)
    Event code 35 (KEY_H)
    Event code 36 (KEY_J)
    Event code 37 (KEY_K)
    Event code 38 (KEY_L)
    Event code 39 (KEY_SEMICOLON)
    Event code 40 (KEY_APOSTROPHE)
    Event code 41 (KEY_GRAVE)
    Event code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT)
    Event code 43 (KEY_BACKSLASH)
    Event code 44 (KEY_Z)
    Event code 45 (KEY_X)
    Event code 46 (KEY_C)
    Event code 47 (KEY_V)
    Event code 48 (KEY_B)
    Event code 49 (KEY_N)
    Event code 50 (KEY_M)
    Event code 51 (KEY_COMMA)
    Event code 52 (KEY_DOT)
    Event code 53 (KEY_SLASH)
    Event code 54 (KEY_RIGHTSHIFT)
    Event code 55 (KEY_KPASTERISK)
    Event code 56 (KEY_LEFTALT)
    Event code 57 (KEY_SPACE)
    Event code 58 (KEY_CAPSLOCK)
    Event code 59 (KEY_F1)
    Event code 60 (KEY_F2)
    Event code 61 (KEY_F3)
    Event code 62 (KEY_F4)
    Event code 63 (KEY_F5)
    Event code 64 (KEY_F6)
    Event code 65 (KEY_F7)
    Event code 66 (KEY_F8)
    Event code 67 (KEY_F9)
    Event code 68 (KEY_F10)
    Event code 69 (KEY_NUMLOCK)
    Event code 70 (KEY_SCROLLLOCK)
    Event code 71 (KEY_KP7)
    Event code 72 (KEY_KP8)
    Event code 73 (KEY_KP9)
    Event code 74 (KEY_KPMINUS)
    Event code 75 (KEY_KP4)
    Event code 76 (KEY_KP5)
    Event code 77 (KEY_KP6)
    Event code 78 (KEY_KPPLUS)
    Event code 79 (KEY_KP1)
    Event code 80 (KEY_KP2)
    Event code 81 (KEY_KP3)
    Event code 82 (KEY_KP0)
    Event code 83 (KEY_KPDOT)
    Event code 85 (KEY_ZENKAKUHANKAKU)
    Event code 86 (KEY_102ND)
    Event code 87 (KEY_F11)
    Event code 88 (KEY_F12)
    Event code 89 (KEY_RO)
    Event code 90 (KEY_KATAKANA)
    Event code 91 (KEY_HIRAGANA)
    Event code 92 (KEY_HENKAN)
    Event code 93 (KEY_KATAKANAHIRAGANA)
    Event code 94 (KEY_MUHENKAN)
    Event code 95 (KEY_KPJPCOMMA)
    Event code 96 (KEY_KPENTER)
    Event code 97 (KEY_RIGHTCTRL)
    Event code 98 (KEY_KPSLASH)
    Event code 99 (KEY_SYSRQ)
    Event code 100 (KEY_RIGHTALT)
    Event code 102 (KEY_HOME)
    Event code 103 (KEY_UP)
    Event code 104 (KEY_PAGEUP)
    Event code 105 (KEY_LEFT)
    Event code 106 (KEY_RIGHT)
    Event code 107 (KEY_END)
    Event code 108 (KEY_DOWN)
    Event code 109 (KEY_PAGEDOWN)
    Event code 110 (KEY_INSERT)
    Event code 111 (KEY_DELETE)
    Event code 112 (KEY_MACRO)
    Event code 113 (KEY_MUTE)
    Event code 114 (KEY_VOLUMEDOWN)
    Event code 115 (KEY_VOLUMEUP)
    Event code 116 (KEY_POWER)
    Event code 117 (KEY_KPEQUAL)
    Event code 118 (KEY_KPPLUSMINUS)
    Event code 119 (KEY_PAUSE)
    Event code 121 (KEY_KPCOMMA)
    Event code 122 (KEY_HANGUEL)
    Event code 123 (KEY_HANJA)
    Event code 124 (KEY_YEN)
    Event code 125 (KEY_LEFTMETA)
    Event code 126 (KEY_RIGHTMETA)
    Event code 127 (KEY_COMPOSE)
    Event code 128 (KEY_STOP)
    Event code 140 (KEY_CALC)
    Event code 142 (KEY_SLEEP)
    Event code 143 (KEY_WAKEUP)
    Event code 155 (KEY_MAIL)
    Event code 156 (KEY_BOOKMARKS)
    Event code 157 (KEY_COMPUTER)
    Event code 158 (KEY_BACK)
    Event code 159 (KEY_FORWARD)
    Event code 163 (KEY_NEXTSONG)
    Event code 164 (KEY_PLAYPAUSE)
    Event code 165 (KEY_PREVIOUSSONG)
    Event code 166 (KEY_STOPCD)
    Event code 172 (KEY_HOMEPAGE)
    Event code 173 (KEY_REFRESH)
    Event code 183 (KEY_F13)
    Event code 184 (KEY_F14)
    Event code 185 (KEY_F15)
    Event code 217 (KEY_SEARCH)
    Event code 226 (KEY_MEDIA)
  Event type 4 (EV_MSC)
    Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)
  Event type 17 (EV_LED)
    Event code 0 (LED_NUML)
    Event code 1 (LED_CAPSL)
    Event code 2 (LED_SCROLLL)
Properties:
  Property type 20 (EV_REP)
    Property code 0 (REP_DELAY)
      Value    250
    Property code 1 (REP_PERIOD)
      Value     33
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Event: time 1421364497.681555, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 1c
Event: time 1421364497.681555, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 28 (KEY_ENTER), value 0
Event: time 1421364497.681555, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1421364500.395490, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value f3
Event: time 1421364500.395490, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
So this makes me think that on the Lenovo Y50-70 the Fn+F6 key is f3 (but I could be wrong here :D )

I need some help with updating the /lib/udev/hwdb.d/60-keyboard.hwdb configuration. I *think* that I need a new section for the Lenovo Y50-70 configuration.
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ecola

Re: Lenovo Y50 - Turn off Touchpad

Post by ecola »

Hello !

So I also wanted this functionality to work.
Here is the solution for me :

Open a terminal,

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gksu pluma /lib/udev/hwdb.d/60-keyboard.hwdb
add this at the end of the Lenovo section :

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# Lenovo 20378
keyboard:dmi:bvn*:bvr*:svnLENOVO*:pn*20378*:pvr*
 KEYBOARD_KEY_f3=f21      # Fn+F6 (toggle touchpad)
Close and save. Run :

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sudo udevadm hwdb --update

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sudo reboot
And it should work...

Cheers !
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