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Re: can't disable Thinkpad touchpad



On Fri, 2015-07-10 at 10:07 -0400, Haines Brown wrote:
> On a new Thinkpad x250, I've installed Sid. The touchpad causes
> problems, and so I want to disable it. The easy way is Fn+F8, but that
> key combination does nothing. Is this because Windows is not installed?
> What should be a sure fire way is to disable it in BIOS. I do that, but
> it has no effect.
> 
> How do I get rid of it?
> 
> 
 Not sure of a way to disable it in BIOS, but you can run 

synclient TouchPadOff=1 

in a terminal and that will turn it off.  This seems to be common in Sid
though that those shortcuts are not working. 

LostSon

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