Linux/Mouse/Touchpad Trackpad
20201 - My 2nd hand, hp ProBook touchpad is generating fake clicks as my palm touches left side while typing.
- Been annoying me for a long time.
Found Fix - for synaptic touchpads
Verify that we have synaptic touchpad, and find coordinates
grep -i range /var/log/Xorg.0.log TouchPad: x-axis range 1288 - 5654
Test manually
$ sudo synclient AreaLeftEdge=2000
Set permanently
$ gvim /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptics.conf
Add to
Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad catchall"
line
Option "AreaLeftEdge" "2000"