Disable Touchpad

[Chris Mohler]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Raquel <raquel at thericehouse.net> wrote:
> My HP G70 has a touchpad that was able to be disabled using the
> keyboard switch with Vista installed.  However, with Ubuntu Intrepid
> installed the switch does not disable the touchpad.  Is there any way
> in Ubuntu to accomplish that task?

This method should work, with some minor adjustments:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad/ShortcutKey

First, if you are using Ubuntu 8.10 or later, the shmConfig option no
longer lives in xorg.conf.  Here is how to enable it:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad#shmconfig

I prefer the BASH script at the bottom - as opposed to making three
separate scripts.

Chris