[clue-tech] laptops turn off touchpad

[Michael J. Hammel]

On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 17:03 -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
> I've just learned that I must wait to plugin the wireless usb mouse
> until X has started. That allows me once again to turn off the
> touchpad.

Possibly because there was no guarantee which mouse would be configured
first and synclient had to be told which mouse to disable.  Something
like that.

Might get worse in the future now that multi-pointer X is in the X.org
baseline.  But that's such a cool feature I couldn't complain.

http://wearables.unisa.edu.au/mpx/

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Michael J. Hammel                               
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