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Jebeld17
Asked: 2012-07-25 16:53:31 +0800 CST

Can I disable the mouse for LightDM?

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LightDM is having major problems with the xserver and generic graphics driver on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for me, and I really don't like the look and feel of GDM or LXDM, so I just want to disable the mouse on the LightDM login screen instead, to fix the jittery mouse problem and force guests to learn the arrow key method instead.

Is there a way I can do this?

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1 Answers

  1. First use the following command in terminal to find out your mouse id:

    xinput list

    Once you find it, run the following commands for editing lightdm.conf file with root privileges:

    sudo -i
gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

    Add the following two lines at the end of lightdm.conf file:

    greeter-setup-script=xinput --disable <mouse_id>
session-setup-script=xinput --enable <mouse_id>
#replace <mouse_id> with the id of the mouse that you found it with `xinput list` command

    Save the file and close it and don't forget to close that root shell.

    Now, reboot your system and use only the keyboard at the login screen.

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