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udev rule to disable touchpad when mouse plugged in

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https://bbs.archlinux.org – No one familiar with udev? Really could need more tips for this. I even went through the article of how-to creating udev rules, but didn't succeed yet.So, help is appreciated! Thanks in advance. domac https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=62643 2012-08-09T11:42:41Z (HowTos)

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Ok, thanks! Got it now! That was quite confusing to me. I'll mark that thread as solved.

domac https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=62643

2012-08-09T11:39:50Z

the udev rule proposed on the wiki is, well, crap. you are not supposed to use udev rules to mount devices, there are not meant to be used for complex tasks like this.see also https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143023

65kid https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=45818

2012-08-21T13:47:48Z

Hi all!Is there any chance to automatically disable the touchpad when i plug in my mouse? is it possible with a udev rule?i know there's an indicator plugin for gnome, but i'm using kde/i3/openbox.best regards!

broken pipe https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=44712

2012-09-27T08:32:15Z

Do you have any udev rules in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d? If so, one of them is probably incorrectly calling /usr/lib/udev/socket.

Gcool https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=51415

2012-07-07T07:42:15Z

This thread is kinda old… but I have the same problem… is there a way to solve this inside linux? Don't have windows.

domac https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=62643

2012-10-09T20:19:15Z

http://www.archlinux.org/news/systemd-t … aces-udev/

CPUnltd https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=31729

2012-06-11T15:23:28Z

brebs wrote:Write a udev rule.Not really appropriate. udev rules run without knowledge of Xorg, and this is an X-based keyboard mapping issue.

falconindy https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=30251

2013-05-23T15:44:36Z

Have you run pacman -Syu and replaced udev with the new systemd-tools - also it may be wise after doing that to run mkinitcpio -p linux and then grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfgSee the following announcement:http://www.archlinux.org/news/systemd-t … aces-udev/

DarkCerberus https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=55618

2012-08-20T10:28:56Z

WonderWoofy wrote:I kind of like the fact that if someone else puts a usb in my machine, they will be entirely lost as to how to make it work.  Though, I think my entire machine is kind of like that. *lol*, +1 brother! @taylorchu, such an udev rule has been in the wiki some time ago.