[ltp] Turning off Touchpad in OpenSuSE 11.4 KDE

[Jeffrey L. Taylor]

Quoting Richard Neill <rn214@richardneill.org>:
> On 12/05/11 22:52, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
> >Any suggestions on how to totally disable the Touchpad in OpenSuSE 11.4 w/
> >KDE.  I want just the ThinkPoint (the red tip) enabled.
> >
> >Configure desktop>  Input Devices>  Touchpad>  Touchpad state at startup:
> >Switch doesn't disable it.
> 
> In some thinkpads you can do this at the BIOS. Sometimes Fn+F8 may
> work. Otherwise, write an xorg.conf file, and rather than using
> /dev/input/mice, use the relevant device in /dev/input/.  Or the
> xinput program may help.
> 

xinput does the job.  Fn+F8 does nothing that I notice.

Thank you,
  Jeffrey