My laptop does not turn input devices off/on very well depending on whether the laptop is open or closed. When closed, the mouse pad often registers mouse movements and clicks. To fix, added a simple script to my bin.
References http://askubuntu.com/questions/65951/how-to-disable-the-touchpad
| #!/bin/bash | |
| . /home/kedashoe/bin/util.sh | |
| mouse_id=$(get-device-id touchpad) | |
| set -x | |
| xinput --disable ${mouse_id} |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| . /home/kedashoe/bin/util.sh | |
| mouse_id=$(get-device-id touchpad) | |
| set -x | |
| xinput --enable ${mouse_id} |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| function get-device-id() { | |
| xinput list | grep -i $1 | | sed -rn 's/^.*id=([[:digit:]]+).*$/\1/p' | |
| } |