Ubuntu17.10-libinput Disable Touchpad while typing doesnt work

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This question has been asked before and I have tried so far some solutions but nothing seems to be working. I have Ubuntu 17.10 with Unity, GNOME and MATE. And in all 3, disable while typing does not work. Here is what I have tried.




  1. Touchpad-Indicator.



    As synclient does not work on Ubuntu 17.10 so touchpad-indicator also crashes.




  2. Add options to config file of libinput



    The second solution I tried was to change my libinput file to follows



    Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "libinput touchpad"
    MatchIsTouchpad "on"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    Driver "libinput"
    Option "DisableWhileTyping" "true"
    Option "Tapping" "true"
    EndSection


    This has no effect.




  3. Thinking that libinput may be conflicting with synaptic, I tried uninstalling synaptic and also use some synaptic commands.



    syndaemon -i 0.5 -t -K -R


    This also has no effect.




  4. My xinput output is



    Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
    ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
    ⎜ ↳ xwayland-pointer:13 id=6 [slave pointer (2)]
    ⎜ ↳ xwayland-relative-pointer:13 id=7 [slave pointer (2)]
    ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ xwayland-keyboard:13 id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]


Any idea on what should I try now? On Windows, the touchpad blocker software works fine for my touch pad. Everything else on Ubuntu's touchpad works fine.



Thanks!










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    This question has been asked before and I have tried so far some solutions but nothing seems to be working. I have Ubuntu 17.10 with Unity, GNOME and MATE. And in all 3, disable while typing does not work. Here is what I have tried.




    1. Touchpad-Indicator.



      As synclient does not work on Ubuntu 17.10 so touchpad-indicator also crashes.




    2. Add options to config file of libinput



      The second solution I tried was to change my libinput file to follows



      Section "InputClass"
      Identifier "libinput touchpad"
      MatchIsTouchpad "on"
      MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
      Driver "libinput"
      Option "DisableWhileTyping" "true"
      Option "Tapping" "true"
      EndSection


      This has no effect.




    3. Thinking that libinput may be conflicting with synaptic, I tried uninstalling synaptic and also use some synaptic commands.



      syndaemon -i 0.5 -t -K -R


      This also has no effect.




    4. My xinput output is



      Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
      ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
      ⎜ ↳ xwayland-pointer:13 id=6 [slave pointer (2)]
      ⎜ ↳ xwayland-relative-pointer:13 id=7 [slave pointer (2)]
      ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
      ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
      ↳ xwayland-keyboard:13 id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]


    Any idea on what should I try now? On Windows, the touchpad blocker software works fine for my touch pad. Everything else on Ubuntu's touchpad works fine.



    Thanks!










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      This question has been asked before and I have tried so far some solutions but nothing seems to be working. I have Ubuntu 17.10 with Unity, GNOME and MATE. And in all 3, disable while typing does not work. Here is what I have tried.




      1. Touchpad-Indicator.



        As synclient does not work on Ubuntu 17.10 so touchpad-indicator also crashes.




      2. Add options to config file of libinput



        The second solution I tried was to change my libinput file to follows



        Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "libinput touchpad"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "libinput"
        Option "DisableWhileTyping" "true"
        Option "Tapping" "true"
        EndSection


        This has no effect.




      3. Thinking that libinput may be conflicting with synaptic, I tried uninstalling synaptic and also use some synaptic commands.



        syndaemon -i 0.5 -t -K -R


        This also has no effect.




      4. My xinput output is



        Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
        ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
        ⎜ ↳ xwayland-pointer:13 id=6 [slave pointer (2)]
        ⎜ ↳ xwayland-relative-pointer:13 id=7 [slave pointer (2)]
        ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
        ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
        ↳ xwayland-keyboard:13 id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]


      Any idea on what should I try now? On Windows, the touchpad blocker software works fine for my touch pad. Everything else on Ubuntu's touchpad works fine.



      Thanks!










      share|improve this question















      This question has been asked before and I have tried so far some solutions but nothing seems to be working. I have Ubuntu 17.10 with Unity, GNOME and MATE. And in all 3, disable while typing does not work. Here is what I have tried.




      1. Touchpad-Indicator.



        As synclient does not work on Ubuntu 17.10 so touchpad-indicator also crashes.




      2. Add options to config file of libinput



        The second solution I tried was to change my libinput file to follows



        Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "libinput touchpad"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "libinput"
        Option "DisableWhileTyping" "true"
        Option "Tapping" "true"
        EndSection


        This has no effect.




      3. Thinking that libinput may be conflicting with synaptic, I tried uninstalling synaptic and also use some synaptic commands.



        syndaemon -i 0.5 -t -K -R


        This also has no effect.




      4. My xinput output is



        Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
        ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
        ⎜ ↳ xwayland-pointer:13 id=6 [slave pointer (2)]
        ⎜ ↳ xwayland-relative-pointer:13 id=7 [slave pointer (2)]
        ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
        ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
        ↳ xwayland-keyboard:13 id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]


      Any idea on what should I try now? On Windows, the touchpad blocker software works fine for my touch pad. Everything else on Ubuntu's touchpad works fine.



      Thanks!







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