The best way to disable touchpad in Ubuntu

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 16:04 -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> On 05/09/2010 03:52 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> > On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 15:39 -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> >    
> >> On 05/09/2010 03:18 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> >>      
> >>>>>>>>>   >>>   >     >
> >>>>>>>>>   >>>   >     >    Uninstall the package xserver-xorg-input-synaptics.
> >>>>>>>>>   >>>   >     >
> >>>>>>>>>                    
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>   >>>
> >>>>>>>>   >>   >
> >>>>>>>>   >>   >     I wish that worked! It's still active and can't find a way to kill it!
> >>>>>>>>                  
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>   >>
> >>>>>>>                
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>   >   After you removed package xserver-xorg-input-synaptics, did you reboot?
> >>>>>>   >
> >>>>>>              
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   Sure did.
> >>>>>            
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>> Well it works for me pretty well. Make a search in Synaptic for the word
> >>> "touchpad" to see what other related software is installed.
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> Already did that. :(
> >>      
> >
> > Isn't any still installed?
> >    
> 
> Nope.....nada, no lib.....nothing.


I think this is strange.


Try installing gpointing-device-settings, and there disable touchpad.

Does it work even temporarily?






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