[ltp] E520 - turn off touch pad

[James Knott]

James Knott wrote:
> 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
>

I just found a KDE package, included with 12.1, called "synaptiks", 
which apparently does what UltraNav does in Windows.  It's for 
configuring the TouchPad.  I'll have to see how well it works.