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  1. #1
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    how to disable the touchscreen?

    hello,
    im a fairly new user of linux, (need it for school though) so i just installed it on my laptop just the other day,
    was supriced it even automaticaly installed the touch screen drivers, wich is also the bothering point, its dammaged at 5 points wich keep pressing constantly

    ive tried
    http://askubuntu.com/questions/19857...screen-drivers

    but assoon as i put xinput in the terminal it keeps replying " command not found."

    Code:
    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 0c:54:a5:0c:2c:2a  
              UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
    
    lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
              inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
              inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
              UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
              RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:2160 (2.1 KiB)  TX bytes:2160 (2.1 KiB)
    
    wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 6c:71:d9:c3:1a:7d  
              inet addr:10.87.1.114  Bcast:10.87.3.255  Mask:255.255.252.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::6e71:d9ff:fec3:1a7d/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:9280 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:8923 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:6106568 (5.8 MiB)  TX bytes:1366378 (1.3 MiB)
    
    root@kali:~#
    Code:
    0:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 16h Processor Root Complex
    00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9839
    00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9840
    00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 0
    00:02.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
    00:02.5 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
    00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 01)
    00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)
    00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 39)
    00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 39)
    00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 39)
    00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 39)
    00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
    00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 02)
    00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
    00:14.7 SD Host controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH SD Flash Controller (rev 01)
    00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 0
    00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 1
    00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 2
    00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 3
    00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 4
    00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 16h Processor Function 5
    01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device b723
    02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07)
    root@kali:~#
    Code:
    Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 006 Device 002: ID 27c6:0002  
    Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:570b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 004 Device 002: ID 13d3:3410 IMC Networks 
    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    root@kali:~#
    coping this is a **** with the touchscreen undoing the selection al the time

  2. #2
    once you figure out the name of the driver, doing a "modprobe -r driver" should make the touchscreen stop responding. That's how i disable my webcams in all my linux boxes lol

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