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dmvianna
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 Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:01 am Post subject: How to turn the touchpad off when an usb mouse is plugged in |
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1) Compile your touchpad driver as a kernel module (in my system, appletouch);
2) Create an udev rule (/etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules) similar to that (from my system): | Code: | SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{configuration}=="HID-Compliant Mouse", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/sbin/rmmod appletouch"
KERNEL=="3-1", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe appletouch"
KERNEL=="2-1", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe appletouch"
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I got the kernel names (3-1, 2-1) from the dmesg output when attaching the usb mouse to each of my two usb ports. The sysfs parameter I got from udevinfo -a -p /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-1.
More information:
http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
Enjoy! 
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I tried this but couldn't get it to work. When I did 'udevinfo...' instead of 'SYSFS{configuration}=="HID-Compliant Mouse"' I got SYSFS{configuration}=="" I tried this anyhow. I also tried using SYSFS name then SYSFS vendorid. Didn't work.
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Now I'm using | Code: | | SYSFS{product}=="*Mouse*" |
, as it is more general across different models. Maybe your mouse is not in 3-1, but in 2-1 or in other place? Did you check with dmesg if this is you mouse's address when you connect it?
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