I'm using openSUSE 12.3 KDE on my HP 2000 Notebook PC and have searched for the issue about temporarily turning off the Touchpad while I am typing something (like this post) so that my palm doesn't inadvertently bump the mouse cursor elsewhere which has really driven me nuts when that happens. The computer came with Windows 8 and has a Touchpad with a little dip in the upper left corner to press to turn the Touchpad on and off, and a little amber light would come on when it is off (in Windows 8); that feature does not seem to be available (as far as I know) for openSUSE, so I was wondering if there was a key combination in openSUSE to turn the Touchpad on and off.
I have learned of the synaptiks software and have activated it and set it to come on at boot up, and I have activated the feature to automatically turn the Touchpad off when I start typing, so I'm off to a good start there ... it is just at times, I might want to turn the Touchpad off and on manually, if that option is available to me, say through a key-sequence. I checked the synaptics configuration and I see no way of turning the Touchpad off temporarily.
Thanks,
Cliff
I have learned of the synaptiks software and have activated it and set it to come on at boot up, and I have activated the feature to automatically turn the Touchpad off when I start typing, so I'm off to a good start there ... it is just at times, I might want to turn the Touchpad off and on manually, if that option is available to me, say through a key-sequence. I checked the synaptics configuration and I see no way of turning the Touchpad off temporarily.
Thanks,
Cliff