Howto Disable Touchpad While Typing

Today while i was playing with my newly upgraded ubuntu jaunty box, i found that touchpad is not disabled while typing.Even SHMConfig is not set as True so i could not use gsynaptics.This is a must if you want to play with gsynaptics, change your touchpad settings , tweaking your touchpad's scrolling and acceleration.Here is how to use gsynaptics and disabling touchpad while typing.





For Ubuntu Intrepid and Ubuntu Jaunty Users :

Edit this EMPTY file :

$sudo gedit /etc/hal/fdi/policy/shmconfig.fdi

And open this document and copy/paste what you see there (Sorry but the blogger sucks at this point, i can not add code tags to that! )

Here is the file, damn you blogger : )

After restarting X (not logout, restart X or reboot your box), you can use gsynaptics (sudo apt-get install gsynaptics)

For Ubuntu Hardy and BELOW :

Edit your xorg.conf and add Option "SHMConfig" "true" at Input Device section.

$sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Sample :

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
Option "SHMConfig" "true"
EndSection

Do not forget to add it between Driver and EndSection.Restart X or reboot your box now.

Disable Touchpad While Typing and AutoStart It at Login (for ALL):

Navigate to System > Preferences > Sessions (Startup Applications at Jaunty instead of Sessions) and add this command :

syndaemon -i 1 -d -t -K

You are done : )