synaptics touchpad on HP Lapto

[chris]

On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 18:33 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 08/02/2010 06:23 PM, chris wrote:
> > Can anyone please advise me how to turn off this touch-pad?
> > 
> > I have tried settings in xorg.conf, gsynaptic, and
> > gpointing-device-settings, as well as touch freez.
> > 
> > All of these things seem to work for about 2 minuets, then the pad comes
> > on again.
> > 
> > All help greatly appreciated.
> > Cheers the kiwi
> > 
> > 
> 
> Ummm...
> <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&complete=0&q=hp+laptop&btnG=Search>
> any particular one?
> 
> 
> 

Sorry, should have said   8730w.
Interestingly enough there is no bios setting to turn the &(*&)*(thing
off
Cheers the kiwi