'Disable touchpad while typing not working' in LM18

[melpomene]

Hi all,

I am new to Linux Mint and it's great. I have only one small issue with my touchpad. It seems the control for the touchpad is not working as it should. In particular the ‘Disable touchpad while typing’ control does not work which is quite inconvenient. I tried to find out more on this issue and I guess it could be related to the fact that my system seems to not recognize my touchpad correctly (the output of xinput shows two touchpads ELAN1010:00 04F3:3012 Touchpad and ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad which seems to be odd). Does anyone know a fix for this issue or point me to a solution?
Thanks for your help!

Details (let me know if any further information would be useful)

moestmar@mmoest ~ $ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Atmel Atmel maXTouch Digitizer id=13 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ELAN1010:00 04F3:3012 Touchpad id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=16 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Integrated_Webcam_HD id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=15 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ DELL Wireless hotkeys id=17 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=18 [slave keyboard (3)]


System info:
OS: Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon 64-bit
Cinnamon Version: 3.0.7
Linux Kernel: 4.4.0-36-generic
Machine: Dell Inspiron15 7000 Series

[deepakdeshp]

Please have a look
http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/how- ... ives-linux

[Pjotr]

Try this:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... one-second
(item 16, right column)

[deepakdeshp]

Try this:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... one-second
(item 16, right column)

Thank you. These are invaluable tips .

[asimsalam]

melpomene, did you find a solution to this besides installing the utility deepakdeshp suggested?
I have the same machine and see the same problem. Like melpomene, I thought it could be due to the two toucpads present in the output of xinput. But if you see the output from my system below, you will see the external Microsoft mouse that I currently have plugged in also seems to show up twice.
~ $ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Lite-On Technology Corp. Lenovo silver silk (wireless) 2.4G K&M kit id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Lite-On Technology Corp. Lenovo silver silk (wireless) 2.4G K&M kit id=13 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 id=16 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ELAN1010:00 04F3:3012 Touchpad id=18 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=20 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Lite-On Technology Corp. Lenovo silver silk (wireless) 2.4G K&M kit id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Integrated_Webcam_HD id=17 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=19 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ DELL Wireless hotkeys id=21 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=22 [slave keyboard (3)]

Any resolution to this?

[paradroid]

is this bug likely to be fixed anytime soon?

[Cosmo.]

It is a stone-aged bug. So I would not hold my breath.

[paradroid]

So what do other users do to not interrupt typing with the touchpad? Laptops are getting bigger touchpads every year. Am I really the only one bothered by touchpad clicks while typing? By the way it works very well with Linux Mint MATE so they would have the code to fix it already.

I found that "syndaemon -i 1.0 -K -R -t" command as solution but it does nothing.

[Cosmo.]

I do prefer a real mouse to the touchpad. So I disable it (Fn-key combination), when I do not need it.

[paradroid]

For everyone interested in disabeling touchpad while typing I solved this issue by installing the latest libinput from github.

https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinpu ... pendencies

I compiled it without libwacom because I could not find that lib in the required version, because I do not use a wacom device I do not care bout them.
The autogensript will bring up some errors and you have to google this error and install the thing that is missing and run autogen so long till it runs without errors.
Maybe I make a more detailed instruction when I have more spare time.

Libinput 1,7 works great, touchpad is way more responsive and precise, just everything works better.

[Pjotr]

@paradroid: have you also tried libinput 1.6.3-1, which is available in the official Ubuntu repo's? Installation of that, is much easier, and even Wacom support remains intact....

To other people who read this: don't try this at home. Negative side effects are quite possible.

How-to:

For 64-bit, download this:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... _amd64.deb

Then this:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... _amd64.deb

Then this:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... _amd64.deb

Finally this:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -1_all.deb

Installation:

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cd Downloads

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sudo dpkg --force-depends-version -i libinput-bin*

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sudo dpkg --force-depends-version -i libwacom2*

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sudo dpkg --force-depends-version -i libwacom-common*

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sudo dpkg -i libinput10*

Reboot.

-- Edit: applied small correction

[paradroid]

Because libinput 1.7 is such a big step forward, and everything works so much smoother, for me there is no point in testing an older version anymore.

Maybee someone else wants to test this ppa, or just wait a few days untill the ppa has version 1.7.

Man I love the new smooth scrolling with libinput 1.7.

[theaterghost]

I found this script useful when added to startup applications.

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killall syndaemon 2>/dev/null
sleep 1
syndaemon -i 1.0 -d

This kills the running syndaemon that cinnamon starts, and uses my options instead.

[mikkime23]

Hi all,

I found an amazing little app called Touccpad Indicator. Does the trick perfectly.

http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/how- ... ives-linux

Hope this helps!!