synaptics touchpad on HP Lapto

[Chevhq Car]

On 8/4/10, chris <chevhq at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 21:30 +0100, Martin Webster wrote:
<snip>
>> As ever,
>> .\\artin
> Many thanks, will try it out and let you know
> Cheers the kiwi

Hi Doesn't work for some reason.

However,  the following does.

filename
etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-touchpad.conf
type   blacklist psmouse
save to /etc/modproebe.d/blacklist-touchpad.conf

reboot

turn on or off from keyboard
sudo modprobe -i psmouse
and to turn it back off while still logged in:
$ sudo modprobe -r psmouse

Thank you for your efforts
cheers the kiwi