Disable touchpad (was: Re: switch off auto-selection of text (or what ever it is called ..))

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2017-12-27 at 10:56 +0100, robert wrote:
> so how would i check what touch-pad I have?
> Is there a system command for it or do i have to hunt the
> manufacturer's documentation?

You could try starting with "xinput -list"

And Googling your make and model...

Regards, K.

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