GNU/Linux |
Debian 7.2.0(Wheezy) |
amd64 |
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syndaemon(1) |
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syndaemon − a program that monitors keyboard activity and disables the touchpad when the keyboard is being used.
syndaemon [−i idle−time] [−m poll-inverval] [−d] [−p pid−file] [−t] [−k] [−K] [−R]
Disabling the touchpad while typing avoids unwanted movements of the pointer that could lead to giving focus to the wrong window.
−i <idle−time>
How many seconds to wait after the last key press before enabling the touchpad. (default is 2.0s).
−m <poll−interval>
How many milliseconds to wait between two polling intervals. If this value is too low, it will cause unnecessary wake-ups. If this value is too high, some key presses (press and release happen between two intervals) may not be noticed. This switch has no effect when running with -R. Default is 200ms.
−d |
Start as a daemon, ie in the background. |
−p <pid−file>
Create a pid file with the specified filename. A pid file will only be created if the program is started in daemon mode.
−t |
Only disable tapping and scrolling, not mouse movements, in response to keyboard activity. | ||
−k |
Ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity. | ||
−K |
Like −k but also ignore Modifier+Key combos. | ||
−R |
Use the XRecord extension for detecting keyboard activity instead of polling the keyboard state. |
DISPLAY
Specifies the X server to contact.
If syndaemon
exists with a return code other than 0, the error
encountered is as below.
Exit code 1
Invalid commandline argument.
Exit code 2
The connection to the X sever could not be established or no touchpad device could be found.
Exit code 3
The fork into daemon mode failed or the pid file could not be created.
Exit code 4
XRECORD requested but not available or usable on the server.
It doesn’t make much sense to connect to a remote X server, because the daemon will then monitor the remote server for keyboard activity, but will disable the touchpad on the local machine.
Peter Osterlund
<petero2@telia.com>.
This man page was written by Mattia Dongili
<malattia@debian.org>
Xorg(1), synclient(1), synaptics(4)
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