| [04-13 00:31] | [Chat] | No: what I really need to find is a good way to disable the trackpad on this beast |
| [04-13 00:31] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: might be a function key |
| [04-13 00:31] | [Chat] | No: otherwise I'm going to have to use a wireless keyboard |
| [04-13 00:31] | [Chat] | Lovelock: I've done it accidentally |
| [04-13 00:31] | [Chat] | Lovelock: actually, my cat prolly did |
| [04-13 00:32] | [Chat] | Lovelock: I can send em over :) |
| [04-13 00:32] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: Fn + F8 or Fn + F6, |
| [04-13 00:32] | [Chat] | No: best video meme I saw on that recently was that a cat was sleeping on the ZZZZZZZZZ key |
| [04-13 00:32] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: are the most common thinkpad comobs ot disable trackpd |
| [04-13 00:32] | [Chat] | Grumpy cat pees on Lovelock. |
| [04-13 00:32] | [Chat] | No: its easy in windows using the ibm software |
| [04-13 00:32] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: there is a lnux command line to do it |
| [04-13 00:33] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: you could try xinput |
| [04-13 00:33] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: xinput --list |
| [04-13 00:33] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: will lsit devices |
| [04-13 00:33] | [Chat] | No: but I'm not using windows because I like unlocking the power of this p53s i7 with nvidia discrete gfx |
| [04-13 00:33] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: xinput set-prop <touchpad_id> 'Device Enabled' 0 |
| [04-13 00:33] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: and i bealve 1 turns it back on |
| [04-13 00:33] | [Chat] | Icewolfz: granted xinput may be old |
| [04-13 00:33] | [Chat] | No: its supposed to disable for 3 seconds while typing but in linux its more like 500ms |
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