touch pad

[Doug]

On 07/12/2011 10:29 AM, Billie Walsh wrote:
> In the past I've had the touch pad on my laptop disabled and only use a
> mouse. Since the last upgrade there's no setting to turn the blasted
> thing off.
>
> Kubuntu 11.04
> System Settings says "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
>
> Any suggestions on how to turn the thing off?
>
If you're using kde, there's a program called "synaptiks" that will
disable the scratchpad whenever a mouse or trackball is plugged in
to the usb port, or I guess, to a mouseport, if there is one.  It
is a Godsend!

--doug

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