The best way to disable touchpad in Ubuntu

[Fred A. Miller]

On 05/09/2010 06:29 PM, NoOp wrote:
> I've honestly no clue how or why, but after some updates awhile back
> (with xserver-xorg-input-synaptics installed) everything started to work
> (in both 9.10 and 10.04). Of course I still have remember to turn off
> the touchpad from the laptop touchpad button, but that's OK as I now
> have the option to use it if I need to.
>
> Anyway, good luck as it can indeed be frustrating to be doing something,
> brush the touchpad&  then find that you've just switched windows or
> saved a file that you hadn't intended to save.
>
> Check in launchpad for bugs related to your device is the only thing I
> can think of. You of course know how to do that right?
>
> <https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=ALPS+GlidePoint&field.actions.search=Search>
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics>
>    

Yep. I've already long tried everything everyone has suggested, so I 
least I know I didn't
leave anything out. ;) But, it still lives.....unfortunately!

Fred

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