Disabling trackpad tapping in Red Hat 9

nhl · 01-20-2005, 03:02 PM

Hi-

Quick question for you all (an internet search hasn't turned up much useful for my specific situation):

I use an IBM Thinkpad T-41, and recently installed RedHat 9 as dool boot with Windows XP.

Everything is working really well, except I can't figure out how to disable tapping on the trackpad (the touch pad is set right now so that when you tap it, it clicks). I detest tapping, and it's almost impossible for me to get anything done in X with it set on.

I can't find a way to disable the tapping through any of the system settings. Is there a way to do it through a utility or command line, or am I just missing the way?

Thanks,

Noah

shuuhen · 01-20-2005, 08:22 PM

Edit /etc/sysconfig/trackpad. It will have something like:

TRACKPAD_OPT=tap

Just change 'tap' to 'notap'

01-20-2005, 03:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
nhl Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1 OS: WinXP/RedHat 9	Disabling trackpad tapping in Red Hat 9 Hi- Quick question for you all (an internet search hasn't turned up much useful for my specific situation): I use an IBM Thinkpad T-41, and recently installed RedHat 9 as dool boot with Windows XP. Everything is working really well, except I can't figure out how to disable tapping on the trackpad (the touch pad is set right now so that when you tap it, it clicks). I detest tapping, and it's almost impossible for me to get anything done in X with it set on. I can't find a way to disable the tapping through any of the system settings. Is there a way to do it through a utility or command line, or am I just missing the way? Thanks, Noah

01-20-2005, 08:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 981 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	Edit /etc/sysconfig/trackpad. It will have something like: TRACKPAD_OPT=tap Just change 'tap' to 'notap'