On 2008-07-23 20:06, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > All ready covered two emails ago. >>> In a word, Yes. Oooops, sorry for not reading the thread careful enough. > Notice I said ADVANCED options? I find killing the touchpad while > typing while still using the alt and ctrl keys with out killing the > touchpad a useful feature as is circular scrolling. > > Once you KNOW to look under xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (really > intuitive, that, it should just be /usr/share/doc/synaptics, how are > you supposed to know to look for xserver-xorg-input-synaptics?) $ aptitude search synaptics i gsynaptics - configuration tool for Synaptics touchpad p libsynaptics-dev - library to access the synaptics touch pad p libsynaptics0 - library to access the synaptics touch pad p xfree86-driver-synaptics - dummy package to upgrade to X.Org new mod v xorg-driver-synaptics - i A xserver-xorg-input-synaptics - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org/XFree gives you the hint. gsynaptics, by the way, is a graphical configuration tool to configure the touchpad 'on the fly'. I don't know if it can be used to disable the touchpad while typing thing, but you already found a solution. Another handy tool I use is unclutter, which hides the mouse curser after some time, so it doesn't get into the way while you're just reading. HTH, Johannes
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