[Bug 501181] [NEW] does not disable touchpad in vaio vgn-n330fh karmic i386

[mechiscogo]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: touchfreeze

I tried to completely disable the touchpad using the tray icon sub-menu, but it did not work. After doing some research, I found that it can be easily done in karmic doing the following:
($ = command line, i.e. gnome-terminal, Accesories → Terminal)
$ xinput list
<Look for your touchpad>

$ xinput set-int-prop "<the name of your touchpad>" "Device Enabled" 8 0

In my case
$ xinput list
  [...]
"AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"	id=8	[XExtensionPointer]
	Type is TOUCHPAD
	Num_buttons is 12
	Num_axes is 2
  [...]

$ xinput set-int-prop "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" "Device Enabled" 8 0

To reenable:
$ xinput set-int-prop "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" "Device Enabled" 8 1

(also see: $ man synaptics
 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Input#Input%20Configuration%20with%20HAL
 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad#hal
 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=271052&highlight=disable+touchpad+while+typing)

** Affects: touchfreeze (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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does not disable touchpad in vaio vgn-n330fh karmic i386
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/501181
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