Temporary Disable Touch Pad
Edit xorg.conf:
sudo gedit (or kate or mousepad) /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Add this line:
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Will be like this:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
Notice the Option "SHMConfig" "on" line - that is the one that you really need to have in there. This allows you to change some configuration parameters for the synaptics touchpad without restarting Xorg (Xserver).
Now that is taken care of.
All you have to do to disable your synaptics touchpad is to execute the command:
$synclient TouchpadOff=1
and to turn it back on, you can execute the command
$synclient TouchpadOff=0
Source: http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/03/24/disable-synaptics-touchpad/
sudo gedit (or kate or mousepad) /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Add this line:
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Will be like this:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
Notice the Option "SHMConfig" "on" line - that is the one that you really need to have in there. This allows you to change some configuration parameters for the synaptics touchpad without restarting Xorg (Xserver).
Now that is taken care of.
All you have to do to disable your synaptics touchpad is to execute the command:
$synclient TouchpadOff=1
and to turn it back on, you can execute the command
$synclient TouchpadOff=0
Source: http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/03/24/disable-synaptics-touchpad/
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