• sxt@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Which desktop environment are you using? If it’s gnome I think you can just go into mouse settings and disable the controller. That won’t disable it entirely though, just it acting as a mouse. Kde has something similar

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      19 days ago

      I’m using KDE.

      Disabling the touchpad in the settings will disable the touchpad for the controller, but it also disables the touchpad for my laptop which I do not want.

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        19 days ago

        In the KDE Touchpad settings, there should be a Device selection at the top of the screen. Selecting the controller touchpad from the list and then toggling “Device enabled” should only affect the controller touchpad.

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          19 days ago

          Thanks. The setting wasn’t showing up at first, so I switched to Wayland.

          It still wasn’t showing up, so I disconnected and reconnected my controller. Then it appeared.

          The box was unchecked, but the controller’s touchpad still worked. I needed to check it, apply, and then uncheck it and apply again in order to turn off the touchpad.

          I’m glad there’s a way, although there are still some bugs that need to be worked out.

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            19 days ago

            I’m glad you were able to get it working! I had no idea that was a Wayland-only setting, though of course in retrospect it makes perfect sense.