To disable it, you set the “Device Enabled” property value to 0: $ xinput set-prop 'TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint' 'Device Enabled' 0Īnd voilá: the TrackPoint is disabled. You’ll see a list of all the input devices, one of which is the Trackpoint (it’s called “TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint” for me). Using the commmand line utility xinput you can disable it (or any other device).Īfter opening a terminal window, first type: $ xinput list

The TrackPoint is registered as an input device for the X-Window system. Often, when I’m typing something, I will hit it and the focus suddenly is on a different UI element. Let me know.One thing that has annoyed me since I switched to Ubuntu as my main operating system is the little red TrackPoint of my Thinkpad, situated in the middle of the keyboard. I came across your post and would like to help. Post a system restore if the mute light does not change then please continue with the below steps:ģ go to Sound, video, and game controllersĤ double click the IDT High Definition Audio CODECĥ go to Driver on the top of the IDT screenĦ click Roll Back Driver.yes it takes away the most recent update but it worked for meħ after it is done rolling back go back to the IDT screen and go back to driver and click the Update Driver button.don't interrupt it let it do a search and update.You can rollback the laptop to a previous date when everything worked fine. If this issue started recently then please perform a Microsoft System Restore.Meanwhile, I recommend you to perform the following steps to isolate the issue and arrive at a fix: I would like to know if any changes (hardware or software) took place on the laptop aI would like to know if any changes (hardware or software) took place on the laptop after which this issue may have started. I understand that you have an HP Notebook - 15-ac647tu and the mute light does not turn off even when you unmute the laptop.

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