Option to turn off touch pad when a mouse is attached

[Jens Askengren]

Binary package hint: gnome-volume-manager

It would be great if gnome-volume-properties could offer an option to automatically turn on/off the touchpad when a mouse is attached/removed.

Today i'ts possible to specify a command to run when a mouse is plugged in. I use:

  synclient TouchpadOff=1

But the touchpad will remain turned off when you remove the mouse.

[aceJacek (acejacek)]

I attached this script as the one to be executed when mouse is connected:

#!/bin/sh
mouse=`lsusb | grep Mouse`
if [ "$mouse" != "" ]; then
    `synclient TouchpadOff=1`
    echo "off" > /tmp/touchpad_status
else
    `synclient TouchpadOff=0`
    echo "on" > /tmp/touchpad_status
fi

File "/tmp/touchpad_status" is updated only when mouse is connected (either hot or cold plugged).
There is no reaction form this script when mouse is disconnected.

It seems that gnome-volume-manager notices only connections of USB mouse not disconnedctions.