I got a problem at disabling my touchpad.
 

Hi there,

I don't like my laptop touchpad because it is so sensitive, and the cursor is jumping around when I am typing.

So, I have a little command to disable it in startup script when the Fluxbox is starting up.
But the touchpad ID keeps changing between 12 and 13. So sometimes the xinput command doesn't work for me.

Just curious... is there another way to disable the touchpad?

Hello,

You could always disable it through bios if you can find the right option. I have done the same because just like you i find it useless.

CMG

Don't use the id number, use the name.

Thx. But I do need the touchpad sometimes when I am off from the desk and using M$ Windows.

Or disable/blacklist the kernel synaptics module altogether.

Oh... Never thought of using name. Thx dude.:)

It is more flexible to put a little script in the startup, and the same script to the menu to enable/diable it manually.

Thx guys.

FYI, when you blacklist the module you can still load/unload it with modprobe. Blacklisting merely stops it being loaded automatically.

Thanks. It is beyond my knowledge. I need to learn it first. I will google it later.

Thx again.

If its a synaptic touch pad, there is a neat little app call flsynclient. It allows you to turn it off and on from your desktop, and change many if the settings for the touchpad. I run slackware 14.1/64, its in sbo.

There even is some way to turn it off automatically when keyboard is in use, can't recall details right now, but I think it is described in Arch wiki.