Hans-Georg Thien wrote:
    > The short story
    > ---------------
    > Apple MacIntosh iBook Notebooks computers have a nice feature that
    > prevents unintended trackpad input while typing on the keyboard. There
    > are no mouse-moves or mouse-taps for a short period of time after each
    > keystroke. I wanted to have this feature on my i386 notebook ...

It it is now possible to adjust some settings via

       echo ???? > /proc/tty/ps2-trackpad

(1) Set the delay time to 2 Secs (default is 10 ==> 1 Sec)

         echo "delay 20" > /proc/tty/ps2-trackpad


(2)  Completely disable the trackpad (default 0). Useful if you plug in 
an external mouse.

         echo "disable 1" > /proc/tty/ps2-trackpad

(3)  Escape the keyboard scancode for a key. These scancodes are
passed without a delay. (defaults are the scancodes for CTRL and SHIFT
keys).

This is useful for some applications ( like xterm ) which are using 
keydown events in combination with mouseclick events.

You can use showkey -s to find out the scancodes of your own keys.
To unescape a scancode you must apply that scancode twice! For keys with 
multiple scancodes you must use the *last* generated scancode.

     Example: define an escape for HOME-KeyDown

         echo "escape 0x047" > /proc/tty/ps2-trackpad