Touchpad Control

[kl522]

Another approach might be to take your script and add it to /etc/rc.local.
This file should also be root:root AND executable. We really should see your script
before you do this.

But I am surprised the Xsession.d approach doesn't work for you.

Let us know how it goes in any event.

Can't really put that in /etc/rc.local because the program synclient need to contact the X server.

OK there is some further details need to take note about the script synclient, there must be no spaces between the equal sign, the quotes are optional however :-

synclient TouchpadOff=1 - works
synclient TouchpadOff =1 - does not work
synclient TouchpadOff = 1 - does not work
synclient "TouchpadOff=1" - works

[utu]

synclient "TouchpadOff=1" - works

Then, I think what wspc wants is
synclient "TouchpadOff=0" , with or w/o the quotes,
with properties root:root, not executable.
He wants to ENABLE the touchpad.

[utu]

Can't really put that in /etc/rc.local because the program synclient need to contact the X server.

I was really surprised rc.local was NOT an alternative, since the same material entered into an xterminal works just fine.

I'd still like to see what 'script' does the job.

[kl522]

I was really surprised rc.local was NOT an alternative, since the same material entered into an xterminal works just fine.

I'd still like to see what 'script' does the job.

Because when you open an xterminal, there is an environment variable called DISPLAY.

$ echo $DISPLAY
:0
$ set | grep DISPLAY
DISPLAY=:0

However, when you run it in rc, the DISPLAY is not set, so synclient does not know which Xserver DISPLAY you are talking about.

$ unset DISPLAY
$ synclient -l
Failed to connect to X server