You should be able to turn the touchpad off using xinput. The new xserver allows changing input device properties at runtime.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- synaptic touchpad: can't turn it off. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/18874 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs