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Disable touchscreen on OpenSuse Leap 42.2 and others linux distros (ATTENTION: You must install `xinput` package for your distro) Original: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2100744
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switch_touchscreen.sh
#! /bin/bash
# switch_touchscreen.sh
# https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2100744
# Use `xinput --list` to list all devices and find your touchscreen
# sudo chmod a+x switch_touchscreen.sh
DEVICE="Atmel Atmel maXTouch Digitizer"
STATUS=`xinput list-props "$DEVICE" | grep 'Device Enabled' | sed 's/.*\([0-9]\)$/\1/'`
if [ "$STATUS" = "1" ]
then
xinput disable 'Atmel Atmel maXTouch Digitizer'
echo "Touch-screen disabled"
elif [ "$STATUS" = "0" ]
then
xinput enable 'Atmel Atmel maXTouch Digitizer'
echo "Touch-screen enabled"
else
echo "Error : bad argument"
fi
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