Running Linux Mint 20.4 here.
I can disable the laptop (Dell Inspiron 5515) touchpad, but it doesn't take effect until rebooting. I can live with that. Worse, however, is that a disabled touchpad becomes active again after closing and opening the laptop. The settings say the touchpad is still disabled, but after closing/opening the laptop, you need to reboot AGAIN to truly disable the touchpad. I've got Parkinsons and my thumb drags when I type ... truly frustrating to have my thumb sliding around on a "disabled" touchpad and causing unintended actions on the computer. Anyone got a fix? (Note: since the laptop is a touchscreen one, I will never need a touchpad)
Thanks...
Touchpad re-enables after closing laptop (Dell Inspiron 5515)
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IdahoDixon
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Touchpad re-enables after closing laptop (Dell Inspiron 5515)
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Re: Touchpad re-enables after closing laptop (Dell Inspiron 5515)
I disabled my Touchpad in BIOS,
don't matter what MINT thinks, it just will not work, period.
don't matter what MINT thinks, it just will not work, period.
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Re: Touchpad re-enables after closing laptop (Dell Inspiron 5515)
the typical setting for disabling the Touchpad is here, but it keeps toggling back on which irked me.IdahoDixon wrote: ⤴Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:37 amGreat idea ... if something else doesn't jump out at me, I'll do that too. It would be nice if there's a setting somewhere ...
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Re: Touchpad re-enables after closing laptop (Dell Inspiron 5515)
Sounds more like an issue with Mint than with the computer... but I wrote to Dell too...
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Re: Touchpad re-enables after closing laptop (Dell Inspiron 5515)
Well,IdahoDixon wrote: ⤴Sun Jul 03, 2022 7:01 pm Sounds more like an issue with Mint than with the computer... but I wrote to Dell too...
I have always disabled the damned Touchpad since the day it was introduced to Laptops.
it is an abomination IMO, and I have no use for it.
I am a touch typist, and can at times run up to 120 WPM, and having the Cursor suddenly jump to Hell and Gone elsewhere, besides the end of the text while I am typing is NOT helpful at all.
I don't watch the keyboard, and I certainly don't watch the screen while I type, "most of the time",
so having the cursor mangle up my prose pisses me off, big time, ergo, I disable the Touchpad.