Function key to disable touchpad (18.04)
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I previously used Fn+F9 to disable/enable my touchpad for when I used an external mouse (when using Ubuntu 16.04). After upgrading to 18.04 I've found that when I hit that combination I get a graphic showing the touchpad icon with an "X" but it actually doesn't do anything at all.
I have an Asus UX305C
$ lsmod | grep asus
asus_nb_wmi 28672 0
asus_wmi 28672 1 asus_nb_wmi
sparse_keymap 16384 1 asus_wmi
wmi 24576 1 asus_wmi
video 45056 2 asus_wmi,i915
asus_wireless 16384 0
$ dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events
'enabled'
18.04 touchpad function-keys
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I previously used Fn+F9 to disable/enable my touchpad for when I used an external mouse (when using Ubuntu 16.04). After upgrading to 18.04 I've found that when I hit that combination I get a graphic showing the touchpad icon with an "X" but it actually doesn't do anything at all.
I have an Asus UX305C
$ lsmod | grep asus
asus_nb_wmi 28672 0
asus_wmi 28672 1 asus_nb_wmi
sparse_keymap 16384 1 asus_wmi
wmi 24576 1 asus_wmi
video 45056 2 asus_wmi,i915
asus_wireless 16384 0
$ dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events
'enabled'
18.04 touchpad function-keys
Please add output oflsmod | grep asus
to the question.
– N0rbert
15 hours ago
@N0rbert - Thanks. I knew I needed more info, but wasn't sure what to include.
– Tim Tisdall
12 hours ago
I'm have just booted my Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (using MATE and GNOME DEs, with kernel 4.15.0-47, without Xorg HWE) on my UX32A. The loaded kernel modules are the same as yours. I have no problems:<Fn>+<F9>
enables and disables touchpad normally. What is your desktop environment? Please add output ofdconf read /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events
(for GNOME) ordconf read /org/mate/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad-enabled
(for MATE) to the question.
– N0rbert
11 hours ago
1
You might look attouchpad-indicator
. It does all of this auto-magically.
– heynnema
10 hours ago
1
@N0rbert when advicing people to manually edit dconf setting, better advice to usegsettings
, which is the cli frontend to dconf. One of the reasons is that the higher levelgsettings
includes consistency check for dconf. The command for gsettings would then be on 18.04:gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events 'disabled'
– Jacob Vlijm
10 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
I previously used Fn+F9 to disable/enable my touchpad for when I used an external mouse (when using Ubuntu 16.04). After upgrading to 18.04 I've found that when I hit that combination I get a graphic showing the touchpad icon with an "X" but it actually doesn't do anything at all.
I have an Asus UX305C
$ lsmod | grep asus
asus_nb_wmi 28672 0
asus_wmi 28672 1 asus_nb_wmi
sparse_keymap 16384 1 asus_wmi
wmi 24576 1 asus_wmi
video 45056 2 asus_wmi,i915
asus_wireless 16384 0
$ dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events
'enabled'
18.04 touchpad function-keys
I previously used Fn+F9 to disable/enable my touchpad for when I used an external mouse (when using Ubuntu 16.04). After upgrading to 18.04 I've found that when I hit that combination I get a graphic showing the touchpad icon with an "X" but it actually doesn't do anything at all.
I have an Asus UX305C
$ lsmod | grep asus
asus_nb_wmi 28672 0
asus_wmi 28672 1 asus_nb_wmi
sparse_keymap 16384 1 asus_wmi
wmi 24576 1 asus_wmi
video 45056 2 asus_wmi,i915
asus_wireless 16384 0
$ dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events
'enabled'
18.04 touchpad function-keys
18.04 touchpad function-keys
edited 10 hours ago
Tim Tisdall
asked 15 hours ago
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Please add output oflsmod | grep asus
to the question.
– N0rbert
15 hours ago
@N0rbert - Thanks. I knew I needed more info, but wasn't sure what to include.
– Tim Tisdall
12 hours ago
I'm have just booted my Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (using MATE and GNOME DEs, with kernel 4.15.0-47, without Xorg HWE) on my UX32A. The loaded kernel modules are the same as yours. I have no problems:<Fn>+<F9>
enables and disables touchpad normally. What is your desktop environment? Please add output ofdconf read /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events
(for GNOME) ordconf read /org/mate/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad-enabled
(for MATE) to the question.
– N0rbert
11 hours ago
1
You might look attouchpad-indicator
. It does all of this auto-magically.
– heynnema
10 hours ago
1
@N0rbert when advicing people to manually edit dconf setting, better advice to usegsettings
, which is the cli frontend to dconf. One of the reasons is that the higher levelgsettings
includes consistency check for dconf. The command for gsettings would then be on 18.04:gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events 'disabled'
– Jacob Vlijm
10 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
Please add output oflsmod | grep asus
to the question.
– N0rbert
15 hours ago
@N0rbert - Thanks. I knew I needed more info, but wasn't sure what to include.
– Tim Tisdall
12 hours ago
I'm have just booted my Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (using MATE and GNOME DEs, with kernel 4.15.0-47, without Xorg HWE) on my UX32A. The loaded kernel modules are the same as yours. I have no problems:<Fn>+<F9>
enables and disables touchpad normally. What is your desktop environment? Please add output ofdconf read /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events
(for GNOME) ordconf read /org/mate/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad-enabled
(for MATE) to the question.
– N0rbert
11 hours ago
1
You might look attouchpad-indicator
. It does all of this auto-magically.
– heynnema
10 hours ago
1
@N0rbert when advicing people to manually edit dconf setting, better advice to usegsettings
, which is the cli frontend to dconf. One of the reasons is that the higher levelgsettings
includes consistency check for dconf. The command for gsettings would then be on 18.04:gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events 'disabled'
– Jacob Vlijm
10 hours ago
Please add output of
lsmod | grep asus
to the question.– N0rbert
15 hours ago
Please add output of
lsmod | grep asus
to the question.– N0rbert
15 hours ago
@N0rbert - Thanks. I knew I needed more info, but wasn't sure what to include.
– Tim Tisdall
12 hours ago
@N0rbert - Thanks. I knew I needed more info, but wasn't sure what to include.
– Tim Tisdall
12 hours ago
I'm have just booted my Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (using MATE and GNOME DEs, with kernel 4.15.0-47, without Xorg HWE) on my UX32A. The loaded kernel modules are the same as yours. I have no problems:
<Fn>+<F9>
enables and disables touchpad normally. What is your desktop environment? Please add output of dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events
(for GNOME) or dconf read /org/mate/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad-enabled
(for MATE) to the question.– N0rbert
11 hours ago
I'm have just booted my Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (using MATE and GNOME DEs, with kernel 4.15.0-47, without Xorg HWE) on my UX32A. The loaded kernel modules are the same as yours. I have no problems:
<Fn>+<F9>
enables and disables touchpad normally. What is your desktop environment? Please add output of dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events
(for GNOME) or dconf read /org/mate/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad-enabled
(for MATE) to the question.– N0rbert
11 hours ago
1
1
You might look at
touchpad-indicator
. It does all of this auto-magically.– heynnema
10 hours ago
You might look at
touchpad-indicator
. It does all of this auto-magically.– heynnema
10 hours ago
1
1
@N0rbert when advicing people to manually edit dconf setting, better advice to use
gsettings
, which is the cli frontend to dconf. One of the reasons is that the higher level gsettings
includes consistency check for dconf. The command for gsettings would then be on 18.04: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events 'disabled'
– Jacob Vlijm
10 hours ago
@N0rbert when advicing people to manually edit dconf setting, better advice to use
gsettings
, which is the cli frontend to dconf. One of the reasons is that the higher level gsettings
includes consistency check for dconf. The command for gsettings would then be on 18.04: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events 'disabled'
– Jacob Vlijm
10 hours ago
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Please add output of
lsmod | grep asus
to the question.– N0rbert
15 hours ago
@N0rbert - Thanks. I knew I needed more info, but wasn't sure what to include.
– Tim Tisdall
12 hours ago
I'm have just booted my Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (using MATE and GNOME DEs, with kernel 4.15.0-47, without Xorg HWE) on my UX32A. The loaded kernel modules are the same as yours. I have no problems:
<Fn>+<F9>
enables and disables touchpad normally. What is your desktop environment? Please add output ofdconf read /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events
(for GNOME) ordconf read /org/mate/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad-enabled
(for MATE) to the question.– N0rbert
11 hours ago
1
You might look at
touchpad-indicator
. It does all of this auto-magically.– heynnema
10 hours ago
1
@N0rbert when advicing people to manually edit dconf setting, better advice to use
gsettings
, which is the cli frontend to dconf. One of the reasons is that the higher levelgsettings
includes consistency check for dconf. The command for gsettings would then be on 18.04:gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events 'disabled'
– Jacob Vlijm
10 hours ago