Lemmy.one
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
tarius@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml ·
edit-2
1 year ago

[SOLVED] Any DE or distro without touch support?

message-square
message-square
24
fedilink
19
message-square

[SOLVED] Any DE or distro without touch support?

tarius@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml ·
edit-2
1 year ago
message-square
24
fedilink

I have an old AIO PC and its touch panel is not working properly. Are there any DEs or distros that doesnt have touch support?

Edit: Thanks to everyone that replied and suggested solutions. For me this worked: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-blacklist-a-module-on-ubuntu-debian-linux

  • tarius@lemmy.mlOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    1 year ago

    No. The touch panel is making ghost inputs. So, I want to get a DE without touch support or need to figure out how I can disable touch input.

    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      29
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Seems like what you want is to disable the touch screen rather than a DE that specifically doesn’t support it… Often times the touchscreen can be disabled in the BIOS/UEFI. But if that’s not the case see: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/531919

      Another option would be to look into calibrating the touchscreen to stop the ghost inputs.

      • tarius@lemmy.mlOP
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        There is no option in BIOS to disable touch input.

        The stackexchange solution didnt work. When I tried to set it to unbind, Im getting permission denied even as root.

        Touchscreen is physically damaged.

    • KrapKake@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      1 year ago

      You may have to look into figuring out which driver Linux is using for your touchscreen then blacklist that module so that it doesn’t load anymore.

      • tarius@lemmy.mlOP
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        1 year ago

        You won! Blacklisting the module worked!!

        Thank you!!!

    • verdigris@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      1 year ago

      You can definitely disable the touch pad in any distro. Try the steps in the best answer here

      • tarius@lemmy.mlOP
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        xinput --disable is not working due to Wayland

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          Blocklist the device at a kernel level

        • clubb@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          Then you have your solution. Use x11 and be done with it

          • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            11
            ·
            edit-2
            1 year ago

            Just use X is not a solution

            • clubb@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              1 year ago

              I kinda understand you, but it would fix the issue, so it is a solution

              • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                5
                ·
                1 year ago

                So would buying a new computer. Its all a matter of perspective I suppost.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Just disable the device. I assume it is a USB device.

Linux@lemmy.ml

linux@lemmy.ml

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !linux@lemmy.ml

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word “Linux” in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

  • Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
  • No misinformation
  • No NSFW content
  • No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

  • !opensource@lemmy.ml
  • !libre_culture@lemmy.ml
  • !technology@lemmy.ml
  • !libre_hardware@lemmy.ml

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 292 users / day
  • 1.87K users / week
  • 5.87K users / month
  • 16.3K users / 6 months
  • 550 local subscribers
  • 58.1K subscribers
  • 8.62K Posts
  • 225K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml
  • nooter692@lemmy.ml
  • MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml
  • Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
  • Cyclohexane@lemmy.ml
  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz
  • BE: 0.19.7
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org