Disable touch-pad while typing doesn't work in Lubuntu

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Disable touch-pad while typing doesn't work in the latest Lubuntu. So far I tried two solutions, non of them worked:

Adding syndaemon -d -t line to ~/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart and restart. (source)
https://askubuntu.com/a/369366/496493

It works in Ubuntu Mate. Mate can go pretty low in memory usage too. I love this feature. (I used to be lubuntu) — Bhikkhu Subhuti, Jul 25 '16 at 11:09
Have you tried Touchpad-indicator? Check my answer here. — , Jul 28 '16 at 08:08
I tried it and it works, thanks :-) you may reply an answer here to receive the buonty — Sadegh, Jul 28 '16 at 08:31
to make it autostart, it is enough to add the program to session start up. the fix you mention didnt work for me — Sadegh, Jul 28 '16 at 08:57

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '16 at 06:29

Touchpad-Indicator does the job. It is not available from official Ubuntu repositories, so you need to add one manually. To ge the latest version, run the following in a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao

To install, run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator

To disable touch-pad while typing, open the program and select the respective option from Preferences -> Actions.

Finally, don't forget to add the app to the startup list. You can do this within the same program, from Preferences -> General options tab. If that does not work, you might need to add it manually through your settings menu (in Lubuntu, it should be under Preferences -> Desktop Session Settings).

PS: some users mention a restart to make the program work.

This package no longer exists. – user2233706 Jan 02 '21 at 15:43 — user2233706, Jan 02 '21 at 15:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '20 at 22:30

For Lubuntu 19:

Click on "Start" -> Preferences -> LXQt Settings -> LXQt Configuration Center

Click on Session Settings

Select Autostart in the left panel

Click on Add

In the box that open enter any name like Touchpad disable.

In the Command type: xinput set-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 0

In my case the touchpad id is 13.

Find your device id in the terminal by entering the following in the terminal: xinput list

Reboot

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 19 '17 at 15:37

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I have used the synclient command:

synclient TouchPadOff=1
synclient TouchPadOff=0

TouchPadOff=1 to disable touch pad. TouchPadOff=0 to enable touch pad.

Then, I have added these two commands in hotkeys to make enable and disable tasks easy. It works fine.

edited Sep 19 '17 at 15:37

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answered Sep 19 '17 at 15:24

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Disable touch-pad while typing doesn't work in Lubuntu

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