xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4
⎜ ↳ Wacom Graphire2 4x5 eraser id=9
⎜ ↳ Wacom Graphire2 4x5 cursor id=10
⎜ ↳ Wacom Graphire2 4x5 id=11
⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad id=14
⎜ ↳ Macintosh mouse button emulation id=15
⎜ ↳ DualPoint Stick id=13
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5
↳ Video Bus id=6
↳ Power Button id=7
↳ Sleep Button id=8
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12
The device I want to disable has id 13. Use xinput to list its properties:
xinput -list-props 13
Device ‘DualPoint Stick’:
Device Enabled (117): 0
[…several lines removed…]
xinput -set-prop 13 117 0
Once I knew the solution, I could easily find other posts that mentions it. But what good is that?🙂
Actually, the device is is dynamically allocated, and can change. So a better command to disable the stick is:
xinput -set-prop "DualPoint Stick" "Device Enabled" 0
References
https://cederlys.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/disabling-the-track-stick-in-ubuntu/