L3000-N100 - Disable touchpad when typing?

I have a Lenovo 3000 N100 with Windows Vista. I want to disable the touchpad when using a USB mouse. The touchpad does not show up in the control panel under 'mouse'. There is no button anywhere near the touchpad. There is no function key with a mouse or touchpad symbol visible on it. There are 4 buttons on the top right, 3 control volume, and the 4th one looks like an orange suitcase with a wrench, but it doesn't appear to do anything. I've searched forums, but can't find a solution. Can anybody tell me how I can disable the touchpad to stop the cursor from jumping all over when I'm typing? Thanks!!!
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Hi griffraser,
You should have a Synaptics touchpad. Try going into Control Panel, Device Manager and at the top of the window, click view. Then click "Show hidden devices". Then click Mice and other pointing devices and see if the touchpad shows up in there. If it does, right click it and then click disable.
Do you not have an icon for the touchpad in your taskbar on the right side?
Edit: If you don't, you should be able to go back into Control Panel and click Taskbar and Start Menu and then click Customize in the Notification area window. I always have the "Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar" checked, but if you don't, you can click on the "Show icon and notifications' to the right of the touchpad and the icon for the touchpad should show up in the taskbar. It's easy to disable it from the taskbar then.
Regards,
Dave
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KERNEL[1268568009.445312] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0/input/input14/mouse2 (input)
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KERNEL[1268568009.472116] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0 (usb)
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UDEV [1268568009.609657] remove /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0/input/input14 (input)
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PRODUCT=3/46d/c00c/110
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PHYS="usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0"
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EV==17
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MSC==10
MODALIAS=input:b0003v046DpC00Ce0110-e0,1,2,4,k110,111,112,r0,1,8,am4,lsfw
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DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-2
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DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/007/002
PRODUCT=46d/c00c/610
TYPE=0/0/0
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ID_VENDOR=Logitech
ID_VENDOR_ENC=Logitech
ID_VENDOR_ID=046d
ID_MODEL=USB_Mouse
ID_MODEL_ENC=USB\x20Mouse
ID_MODEL_ID=c00c
ID_REVISION=0610
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DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/007/003
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HID_PHYS=usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0
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KERNEL[1268568012.415310] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0/input/input16 (input)
UDEV_LOG=0
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SUBSYSTEM=input
PRODUCT=3/46d/c00c/110
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PHYS="usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0"
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EV==17
KEY==70000 0 0 0 0
REL==103
MSC==10
MODALIAS=input:b0003v046DpC00Ce0110-e0,1,2,4,k110,111,112,r0,1,8,am4,lsfw
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KERNEL[1268568012.415530] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0/input/input16/mouse2 (input)
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MSC==10
MODALIAS=input:b0003v046DpC00Ce0110-e0,1,2,4,k110,111,112,r0,1,8,am4,lsfw
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ID_VENDOR_ENC=Logitech
ID_VENDOR_ID=046d
ID_MODEL=USB_Mouse
ID_MODEL_ENC=USB\x20Mouse
ID_MODEL_ID=c00c
ID_REVISION=0610
ID_SERIAL=Logitech_USB_Mouse
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ID_BUS=usb
ID_USB_INTERFACES=:030102:
ID_USB_INTERFACE_NUM=00
ID_USB_DRIVER=usbhid
ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:1d.1-usb-0:2:1.0
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MINOR=34
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ID_VENDOR_ENC=Logitech
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ID_MODEL=USB_Mouse
ID_MODEL_ENC=USB\x20Mouse
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ID_BUS=usb
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MINOR=78
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ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="input", RUN+="/usr/local/bin/USBMouse.sh"
And here's the script it links to (USBMouse.sh):
#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0.0
synclient TouchPadOff=$(/usr/bin/lsusb | grep "Microsoft Corp.\
Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth" | wc -l)
if [[ $(/usr/bin/lsusb | grep "Microsoft Corp.\
Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth" | wc -l) == 1 ]]
then
xmodmap -e 'pointer = 3 2 1'
fi
if [[ $(/usr/bin/lsusb | grep "Microsoft Corp.\
Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth" | wc -l) == 0 ]]
then
xmodmap -e 'pointer = 1 2 3'
fi
Running the script from a terminal returns no errors and works as expected. The problem is when I plug/unplug the mouse from the usb port, nothing happens.
I appreciate any insight you might have about how to fix this, and thank you in advance

This has already been done. And another relevant thread.

Problem disabling touchpad when mouse present

Hi,
I looked on the wiki to find out how to disable the touchpad on my laptop when a USB mouse is present. I configured xorg.conf in the correct way, then I added the following udev rules as instructed:
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ID_CLASS="mouse", RUN+="/usr/bin/synclient TouchpadOff=1"
ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ID_CLASS="mouse", RUN+="/usr/bin/synclient TouchpadOff=0"
This works to an extent, insofar as when I have a running system with X working the touchpad is disabled and enabled when the mouse is plugged in or removed respectively. However, when I boot the machine with a mouse attached, X starts up and both devices are enabled. The reason for this is twofold:
1. synclient will not work properly when the X server is not running
2. An "add" action is not generated for the device unless you actually plug it in on a running system
Is there any way to detect the presence of the USB mouse on boot and disable the touchpad? It would be much cooler if this could be done without looking for specific device names like /dev/input/mouse0, mouse1 etc. because then we will have a solution that works for everyone that we can put on the wiki.

OK, so this is just a skeleton of a possible solution... Assuming that it is a USB mouse that we're talking about... Run "lsusb and check the ID number of the mouse (it should look something like "07aa:2501", for example). Write a little script which looks something like this:
#!/bin/sh
lsusb | grep -q 07aa:2501
if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]
then
/usr/bin/synclient TouchpadOff=1
fi
Change "07aa:2501" to the ID of your mouse, of course. The script checks if the mouse is connected and if it is it disables the touchpad; if mouse is not connected then nothing happens. I haven't checked if it works (I have no mouse to try it with here) but it should work. Once you save the script and make it executable add it to /etc/rc.local so that it gets executed on every boot.
EDIT: You're right -- synclient is not going to work if X server is not running, so the rc.local is not a good place to execute that script... It's not a huge problem -- you should be able to execute it during the start up routine of X (add it to xinitrc, possibly with sleep to make sure that X is actually started when the script is executed) or to autostart in gnome/kde (depending on what WM/DE you're using).
Last edited by fwojciec (2008-02-20 22:46:00)

Can't disable touchpad when external mouse connected

Hey guys,
OS: Win7 64Bit
Product : b0p18pa#ab4
Model: dv6-7007tx
The only way i've figured out a way to disable the touchpad is to uninstall the PS/2 compatible mouse in device manager. (which requires a restart) to come into effect and is reinstalled after the next restart afterwards.
the touchpad is SO sensitive it makes it extremely aggrivating to type as i keep tapping the pad with my palms.
any insight would be fantastic.
cheers guys.

Hi,
Please try:
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   Click Apply
Regards.
BH
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Apologize for posting to an old thread. But I found a solution which seems to work. At least on my machine. I thought it may be helpful. I've never worked with the Arch wiki, so I was hoping someone can tell me how to add this to the wiki.
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Last edited by Dumbledore (2011-08-10 20:54:52)

"Disable trackpad when typing" option unavailable in Win7/BootCamp 3.1

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Report this issue using Feedback App.

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Hi guys
I'm running an old Asus Zenbook UX21E with an Elantech touchpad
I recently installed Gnome 3.16
I went to Settings > Mouse and touchpad
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Any suggestions on why the setting is no longer present or some workarounds to implement it elsewhere?

Vinibo wrote:
I might have something!
The key doesn't exist anymore in the Gnome registry.
Here is a command to activate the feature : dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/disable-while-typing true
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