[SOLVED] Possible To Disable NetBook's Touch Screen?

[JeZ-l-Lee]

Hi,

Installed current Kubuntu 18.04 64Bit LTS on my best desktop.
Have everything setup on it and Kubuntu appears to be running well.
(have a few minor software related issues)

I want to install Kubuntu 18.04 64Bit onto my travel netbook next.
The netbook has a touch screen(which I hate and is completely useless).
Is there some method in Kubuntu 18.04 to disable the netbook's touch screen?
(there is no option to disable it in the BIOS, so I am hoping it can be done on the OS level)

Let me know, thanks!

Jesse

[GreyGeek]

In /etc/sddm.conf you can add, under [General], the part highlighted in Black.

$ cat /etc/sddm.conf
Relogin=false
Session=
User=

[Autologin]
Relogin=false
Session=
User=

[General]
HaltCommand=/bin/systemctl poweroff
[B]InputMethod=[/B]
Numlock=on
RebootCommand=/bin/systemctl reboot

[Theme]
Current=maldives
CursorTheme=breeze_cursors
EnableAvatars=true
FacesDir=/home/jerry
MinimumUid=1000

[Users]
MaximumUid=65000
MinimumUid=1000

When I updated my son's KDE Neon on his System76 Gazelle the login page was preceded by a virtual keyboard because the Neon thought the Gazelle had a touch screen. The command I added to sddm.conf told it otherwise.

[claydoh]

I betcha that the touchscreen can be seen as an input device. Have you looked in that section of System Settings? I have a touchscreen tablet/laptop thingy, I can see if I can get it to boot and check.

[GreyGeek]

I betcha that the touchscreen can be seen as an input device. Have you looked in that section of System Settings? I have a touchscreen tablet/laptop thingy, I can see if I can get it to boot and check.

I did, but Neon didn't see it as a touchscreen. I didn't bother to check with systemd, but went straight to the sddm.conf file, which is controlled by systemd.

[JeZ-l-Lee]

I betcha that the touchscreen can be seen as an input device. Have you looked in that section of System Settings? I have a touchscreen tablet/laptop thingy, I can see if I can get it to boot and check.

Hi,

So I installed Kubuntu 18.04 64Bit LTS onto my netbook.
I don't see a way to disable netbook's touch screen in System Settings.
Is there some other way to disable the touch screen?
Thanks!

Jesse

[sithlord48]

Hi,

So I installed Kubuntu 18.04 64Bit LTS onto my netbook.
I don't see a way to disable netbook's touch screen in System Settings.
Is there some other way to disable the touch screen?
Thanks!

Jesse

One easy way it to just not touch the screen. Is it causing some problem where you would need to disable it ?

[JeZ-l-Lee]

Hi,

The netbook screen gets dirty and I clean it and then the touch screen activates.
(pretty annoying - I don't need the touch screen for anything)
Is there some way to disable it in Kubuntu?
Thanks!

Jesse

[Snowhog]

Read through this for possible solutions.

[JeZ-l-Lee]

Hi,

Typing "xinput disable 11" works to disable netbook's annoying touch screen.
What do I need to do to make it permanent and survive a reboot?
Thanks!

Jesse

[JeZ-l-Lee]

Hi,

The previous instructions were out of date and not applicable to 18.04.
Anyone know how to do the above?
Thanks!

Jesse

[vinnywright]

try the same thing ,but in "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf" from the file ,,,,,,,

Section "InputClass"
       Identifier "libinput touchscreen catchall"
       MatchIsTouchscreen "on"
       MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
       Driver "libinput"
EndSection

turn "on" to "off"

and see if it works .

VINNY

[JeZ-l-Lee]

Well... I tried that and saved and rebooted...
...touch screen is still not disabled.
Any other ideas?

Jesse

[vinnywright]

Well... I tried that and saved and rebooted...
...touch screen is still not disabled.
Any other ideas?

Jesse

you could write a shell script that runs your "xinput" line and place it in "systemsettings>startup and shutdown>autostart"

VINNY

[JeZ-l-Lee]

you could write a shell script that runs your "xinput" line and place it in "systemsettings>startup and shutdown>autostart"

VINNY

Hi,

Forgive my ignorance...
Can you tell me how to do the above?
The command is: "xinput disable 11"
Thanks - super OS!

Jesse

[vinnywright]

OK then open rite click a blank space in dolphin and create new>textfile name it disabletouchscreen.sh (or whatever you like with the .sh) and put in it .

#!/bin/bash
xinput disable 11

just like that , save and close kate.
rite click the file in dolphin then click property's and the permissions tab and tick the "execute"button.

now go to system settings>startup and shutdown>auto start and click the "add script" button a window will popup asking for the path to the script click the "open file dialog" button to the rite of the text input field and navigate to your script click it and ok now click "apply , done

when you restart it should be disabled .

you can test the script rite after you make it just by double clicking it in dolphin and "execute" in the window that pops up .

I just tested this with a disable the touchpad xinput line "xinput disable 14" @hear

VINNY