Disable malfunctioning touchscreen at startup

Question

My Asus Vivobook S200E has a problem with its touchscreen: it keeps pressing the right side of the screen, even when untouched.

I managed to disable the touchscreen in the Windows 8.1, and the configuration is saved every time I restart the PC. But if I boot into Ubuntu, the touchscreen is active again (of course). I have to run this in the terminal to turn off the touch:

xinput disable 'device name'

The touch would be off, but if I reboot Ubuntu, the touch is on again, so I have to type the script again at the start of my work with Ubuntu. I find this annoying, and is there any way that I can run the script at every startup?

Possible duplicate: http://askubuntu.com/a/48327/187281 – hal7df Jul 13 '14 at 20:56 — hal7df, Jul 13 '14 at 20:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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You can command any command you wich by folowing this:
How do I start applications automatically on login?

In short:

Open "Startup Applications"
Now click on Add and give in the command to run the application:
```
 xinput disable 'device name' 
```

This will disable your touchscreen at startup, but maybe you can also explain the problem of your malfunctioning touchscreen and this problem could be fixed?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Sep 19 '14 at 05:54

rubo77

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-1. Why would you include an answer here when it's already in another question? Mark the question as a duplicate instead. – Parto Sep 19 '14 at 05:56
because of my latest edit, It would be better if he explains his real problem and we can fix that – rubo77 Sep 19 '14 at 05:57
That should be a comment not an answer. – Parto Sep 19 '14 at 05:58
But the outhor wouldnt be able to answer as comment, because he is lacking the reputation to comment – rubo77 Sep 19 '14 at 18:28

Disable malfunctioning touchscreen at startup

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