How to disable the touchscreen on linux
Config to disable laptop’s touchscreen capability?
Manual solution
So here’s the solution I found: I can disable the touchscreen via linux kernel driver hid-multitouch:
list the currently bound multitouch devices:
$ ls -la /sys/bus/hid/drivers/hid-multitouch/
# you'll see symlinks here named after the ID of the device. # eg: for me: # - _one_ was my mouse-touchpad # - the _other_ was my cracked touchscreen unbind one at a time until you identify which is the culprit: $ echo SOME_DEVICE_ID_HERE | sudo tee /sys/bus/hid/drivers/hid-multitouch/unbind # or re-enable via: $ echo SOME_DEVICE_ID_HERE | sudo tee /sys/bus/hid/drivers/hid-multitouch/bind
So I’ve confirmed I have the correct device ID, and disabling it fixes my issues. Now to do this persistently across reboots.
for me working with this command:
echo 0018:04F3:2C29.0001 | sudo tee /sys/bus/hid/drivers/hid-multitouch/unbind





