Re: HP/Compaq nc6230: Which wire to cut?



Thanks for the super-cool suggestions. Unfortunately I don't have a
function key to toggle the touch pad. I did find the "synclient"
command line tool

synclient - query and modify Synaptics TouchPad driver for XOrg/XFree86
server parameters on the fly.

, but when I run it I get:

Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled?

Does anyone know how to configure "SHMConfig"? I'm guessing it goes in
xorg.conf somewhere...

It's part of the synaptics driver config:
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "synaptics"
...
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

You might also try:
Option "GuestMouseOff" "1"
Option "TouchpadOff" "0"
again, these are synaptics driver config options. I'd guess they only
work if the driver can differentiate between the devices, which
depends on the hardware.

Jerry

I wound up putting the "SHMConfig" option in my xorg.conf file and turn
the touchpad off at the command line with "synclient TouchpadOff=1".

Thanks to all for your suggestions!

.



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