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[SOLVED] Any DE or distro without touch support? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I have an old AIO PC and its touch panel is not working properly. Are there any DEs or distros that doesnt have touch support?

Edit: Thanks to everyone that replied and suggested solutions. For me this worked: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-blacklist-a-module-on-ubuntu-debian-linux

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Did you mean with touch support? They can all work without touch if you just don't use it.

Gnome works quite well with touch. I had to jump through some hoops to get KDE Plasma to work well enough on my Steam Deck. I have to use three different on screen keyboards (Maliit, Onboard and Steam's) depending on what I'm doing.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    No. The touch panel is making ghost inputs. So, I want to get a DE without touch support or need to figure out how I can disable touch input.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Seems like what you want is to disable the touch screen rather than a DE that specifically doesn't support it... Often times the touchscreen can be disabled in the BIOS/UEFI. But if that's not the case see: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/531919

    Another option would be to look into calibrating the touchscreen to stop the ghost inputs.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    There is no option in BIOS to disable touch input.

    The stackexchange solution didnt work. When I tried to set it to unbind, Im getting permission denied even as root.

    Touchscreen is physically damaged.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can definitely disable the touch pad in any distro. Try the steps in the best answer here

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    xinput --disable is not working due to Wayland

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Then you have your solution. Use x11 and be done with it

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Just use X is not a solution

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I usually don't use it, but everytime I get a chance to use GNOME with a touch screen I'm always impressed at how well it works. The onscreen keyboard could use some work though.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    When I had my Pinephone I was really tempted to use Gnome as my DE. There were just some really small annoyances and it would have been perfect. Made me wish that Purism had thrown their weight directly at Gnome instead of making Phosh.

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