• tariusOP
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    5 months ago

    No. The touch panel is making ghost inputs. So, I want to get a DE without touch support or need to figure out how I can disable touch input.

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      5 months ago

      Seems like what you want is to disable the touch screen rather than a DE that specifically doesn’t support it… Often times the touchscreen can be disabled in the BIOS/UEFI. But if that’s not the case see: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/531919

      Another option would be to look into calibrating the touchscreen to stop the ghost inputs.

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        5 months ago

        There is no option in BIOS to disable touch input.

        The stackexchange solution didnt work. When I tried to set it to unbind, Im getting permission denied even as root.

        Touchscreen is physically damaged.

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      You may have to look into figuring out which driver Linux is using for your touchscreen then blacklist that module so that it doesn’t load anymore.

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        5 months ago

        You won! Blacklisting the module worked!!

        Thank you!!!

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      You can definitely disable the touch pad in any distro. Try the steps in the best answer here