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Created July 21, 2011 05:18
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udev rules and script for disabling a Synaptics touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in.
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50-disable-touchpad-with-external-mouse.rules
KERNEL!="hiddev[0-9]", GOTO="disable_touchpad_with_external_mouse_end"
ACTION=="add", RUN+="/usr/local/bin/touchpad off"
ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/usr/local/bin/touchpad on"
LABEL="disable_touchpad_with_external_mouse_end"
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touchpad
#!/bin/sh
export DISPLAY=${DISPLAY:-":0"}
case "$1" in
on)
synclient TouchpadOff=0
;;
off)
synclient TouchpadOff=1
;;
esac
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