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Created May 6, 2019 17:50
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Disable laptop touchpad when USB mouse is plugged
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11-disable-touchpad.rules
ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="093a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2521", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/dinervoid/.Xauthority", ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", RUN+="/home/dinervoid/Documents/udev_scripts/disable_touchpad.sh 1"
ACTION=="remove", ATTRS{idVendor}=="093a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2521", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/dinervoid/.Xauthority", ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", RUN+="/home/dinervoid/Documents/udev_scripts/disable_touchpad.sh 0"
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disable_touchpad.sh
#!/bin/bash
if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
/usr/bin/xinput enable "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
else
/usr/bin/xinput disable "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
fi
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