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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  • 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 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





    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 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




















1















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







share|improve this question

























  • 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 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





    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 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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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







share|improve this question
















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






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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 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





    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 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





















  • 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 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





    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 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



















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




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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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