synaptics touchpad on HP Lapto

[chris]

On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 17:42 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 08/03/2010 05:37 PM, Chevhq Car wrote:
> > 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
> > 
> 
> I see you found my response in "ubuntu touchpad control".
> Glad it worked for you.
> 
> 

Many thanks