[Lilug] Disabling 3-finger-gesture at boot or login?

[Robert Wilkens]

Done!  Didn't realize you could just create the partial "mini config 
file" that easily.  Took a little tweaking to get just right, but it's 
where i want it now

-Rob


On 10/29/2016 06:23 PM, Anthony Biondo wrote:
> Fair enough.  I think you can make the mini config file in 
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ like in the archlinux wiki link I sent.
>
> Also, relevant comic: https://xkcd.com/963/
>
> Sent from my mobile device.
>
> On Oct 29, 2016, at 6:20 PM, Robert Wilkens <robwilkens42 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:robwilkens42 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Thank You for the idea, though it's a little frightening trying to 
>> tinker with the xorg.conf (which doesn't exist by default). For now 
>> it's above my ability to do, but I'll try again when i have more 
>> patience.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>> On 10/29/2016 02:33 PM, Anthony Biondo wrote:
>>> I think you can put synaptics settings in your Xorg config file (or a
>>> partial config file)
>>>
>>> See, for example,
>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Configuration
>>>
>>> Something like:
>>>
>>> Section "InputClass"
>>>     Identifier "touchpad"
>>>     Driver "synaptics"
>>>     MatchIsTouchpad "on"
>>>     Option "TapButton3" "2"
>>>     Option "ClickFinger3" "2"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016, at 07:40 AM, Robert Wilkens wrote:
>>>> The Three-Finger gesture which brings up the task switcher (alt-tab
>>>> equivalent) is a pain in the rear for me because i have shaky hands due
>>>> to medication (tremors), strange enough i like the two-finger 
>>>> scroll and
>>>> don't want to lose that
>>>>
>>>> Googling for 20 minutes this morning, i eventually ran across these
>>>> commands:
>>>>
>>>> synclient TapButton3=2
>>>> synclient ClickFinger3=2
>>>>
>>>> Essentially it disables the three-finger-tap/click (if i understand it
>>>> right)
>>>>
>>>> I was able to put this into my .bashrc so the first shell i open up 
>>>> will
>>>> turn this off
>>>>
>>>> However, where is the  "right"  place to put this?  So i don't have to
>>>> open up a shell first.
>>>>
>>>> Should i put this an an rc.d (init) startup script?  Is there a shell
>>>> (unity) start-up script so i don't have to put it system wide?
>>>>
>>>> My ideal solution would not require root access (as /etc/rc5.d 
>>>> directory
>>>> entries would require), but I am willing to do that.
>>>>
>>>> -Rob
>>>>
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