Thinkpad T460 - how do I disable the touchpad?
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I recently got a Thinkpad T460 and am running Ubuntu 20.04 on it. I don't use a DE, just plain old i3.
I'm like to keep my hands on the keyboard. That's why I like the trackpoint. However, I keep accidentally touching the touchpad, resulting in unwanted mouse movements and even clicks (even though I barely touch it!)
I'm exploring multiple options to improve the situation. This question is about disabling the touchpad completely. According to
xinput list
, there is only one device (see below):
$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
And if I run xinput disable 11
, both trackpoint and touchpad are disabled.
How can I disable ONLY the touchpad?
Asked by Sören
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Oct 20, 2021, 05:32 PM
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