Windows#
Disable#
Run cmd as administrator and enter the following command:
sc config i8042prt start= disabled
Restart your laptop afterwards.
Restore#
Follow the same steps as disabling, but change the command to:
sc config i8042prt start= demand
Linux#
Note: Manjaro requires
sudo pacman -S xorg-xinput
to be installed in order to use the xinput command.
Open the terminal and enter xinput --list to get the list of devices:
❯ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ USB Optical Mouse Mouse id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Synaptics TM3253-001 id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Integrated_Webcam_HD: Integrate id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ DELL Wireless hotkeys id=15 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ USB Keyboard Consumer Control id=16 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ USB Keyboard System Control id=17 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ USB Keyboard id=18 [slave keyboard (3)]
Find the corresponding id for AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (in this case, it is 13).
Disable#
Enter the following command in the terminal:
xinput set-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 0
Restore#
Enter the following command in the terminal:
xinput set-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 1