[ltp] Turning off the Touchpad

[Robert Tomsick]

On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 20:01 +0200, Daniel Skorka wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> is there any way to really turn off the Touchpad in a T43? Of course, I
> can use synclient, xinput or the sysfs interface, but these seem to all
> use the same method. The reason I am asking is that the touchpad, even
> when disabled this way, still generates a lot of wakeups as soon as
> anything gets close - fire up powertop and put your finger on the pad
> to see. So I want to avoid these wakeups and the increased drain on my
> battery. Any way to do this?

I haven't used my T43p in quite some time, so I can't recall for sure,
but isn't there an option to disable the trackpad in the BIOS?  I know
you can on later models, but I can't remember whether the T4x series
offered that option.

Cheers,
Rob