[ltp] E520 - turn off touch pad

Jeffrey L. Taylor linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:52:11 -0500


You may be able to disable in the desktop settings.  But, I didn't find a way
(KDE in OpenSuSE 11.4) and so disabled it in the BIOS.

HTH,
  Jeffrey

Quoting James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com>:
> I have a ThinkPad E520, which comes with both TrackPoint and touch
> pad pointing devices.  How do I turn off the touch pad.  I bought a
> ThinkPad, because I hate touch pads and prefer TrackPoint.  Even
> though I use the TrackPoint, the touch pad is still an irritation,
> as it responds to my hand moving above it.  I just want to turn it
> completely off.
> 
> tnx jk
> 
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