How to disable my touch screen

Question

My screen is cracked, and the touchscreen makes the courser spasm every once and a while. Is there any way i can fully disable it?

As requested:

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Presumably there is a module you could unload (and then blacklist)... — jasonwryan, Nov 22 '14 at 20:45
post the output of `lsmod`. There are wayyy too many to possible think of. — SailorCire, Nov 22 '14 at 20:51
please verify the answer before rebooting. You could really do yourself in otherwise. — SailorCire, Nov 22 '14 at 21:50
Thank you. It just seemed like it went from submitted to accepted in 0.01 seconds. :) — SailorCire, Nov 22 '14 at 21:54

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 22 '20 at 12:10

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find you touchscreen id:

$xinput list

list it's properties

$xinput list-props id

disable it by it's Name (as id's change with hid devices being plugged in & out), property & setting

$xinput 'ATLM1000:00 03EB:8C0D Touchscreen' 153 0

you can add it to "startup applications" tool (in fluxbox ~/.fluxbox/startup), in this way you don't need to run it each power on. (In case of the ATLM touchscreen on next power on xinput list will not show the 'Touchscreen' thou the ATLM1000 will show.)

edited Feb 22 '20 at 12:10

themanjay

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answered Sep 17 '15 at 14:34

ChaosPredictor

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There's also a --disable flag which is pretty convenient. – txyoji May 28 '21 at 15:12
It becomes `xinput disable 'ELAN2514:00 04F3:23DD'` in my case. It's a subset of "Virtual core pointer". There is a counterpart 'ELAN2514:00 04F3:23DD stylus' in "Virtual core keyboard", where disabling the latter doesn't work. – Polv Apr 16 '22 at 13:17

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 22 '14 at 21:48

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It looks like hid_multitouch might be your driver.

Before blacklisting, try the following:

modprobe -r hid_multitouch

If this works then add it to the blacklist

edited Nov 22 '14 at 21:48

jasonwryan

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on a dell xps15 that also kills the touchpad :'-( – Tim Abell Jun 13 '19 at 17:38
This one partially breaks my touchpad, as well as touchscreen isn't disabled. If anyone did it by accident, it can be fixed by `modprobe hid_multitouch`. – Polv Apr 16 '22 at 13:18

How to disable my touch screen

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