Is it possible to disable mouse move without disabling click and scroll? I want to make mouse pointer freeze at a point but click and scroll using wheel should work.
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There is a xinput command that manipulates X devices, whose list can be obtained with
xinput --listHenceforth id=10 for the mouse assumed, that is seemingly true for modern Xorg releases.
Solution (using property names):
xinput set-prop 10 'Device Accel Constant Deceleration' 65535
Return to normality:
xinput set-prop 10 'Device Accel Constant Deceleration' 1
Solution (using property numbers):
xinput list-props 10FindDevice Accel Constant Deceleration (p):
in the output listing, where p is a decimal number. Now substitute it into:
xinput set-prop 10p65535
Return to normality:
xinput set-prop 10p1
Very late to the game, but the low-tech solution here is to put a bit of tape over your mouse light. That will "disable" the pointer but keep the buttons active, and doesnt mess around with the xinput settings.