Sharing a profile for disabling touchpad when USB mouse is connected to IGEL OS!


Hi All, just a short one: I created a profile for disabling touchpad when USB mouse is connected.

Learn more, read the entire thread inside the IGEL Community o Slack

Script tested on OS11 with my laptop / UDP / Synaptics Touchpad / external USB Mouse.

As soon as a mouse is connected, touchpad is OFF, if mouse gets disconnected, Touchpad is active. Thanks to udev rules.


Hi Sebastien, I tried to download profiles.zip and it will not open for me. Could it have been stripped?


Hi Aaron, it seems to. Let’s try this one:


Thank you!


Your profile saved my life today. This was just the solutions I was looking for 💪

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