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I am not a fan of the trackpad/touchpad and I want to turn it off while using Ubuntu and I can't figure out how. I have a Dell Inspiron N5110 running Windows 8 with a dual boot option of Ubuntu 12.10.

The Dell Touchpad Properties show:

 "Driver"
Driver Provider:  Alps
Driver Date:  7/12/12
Driver Version: 8.1200.101.209
Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility publisher

 "General"
Device type: Mice and other pointing devices
Manufacturer: Alps Electric
Location: plugged into PS/2 mouse port

In Windows 8 the Fn shortcut is Fn+F3 and that works but in Ubuntu it does not, even though a red box appears in the top right corner indicating it may have. It shows a trackpad icon with an X when the Fn key are pressed.

When I go into system settings, there is only a tab for mouse and nothing for the touchpad.

I've tried several methods listed here and nothing seems to work.

Seth
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CatGuyTX
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The following methods will ensure your changes persist as long as you use gnome:

Using GUI (dconf-editor)

  1. Install and run dconf-editor (if you're on 12.10, dconf-editor might be pre-installed):

    $ sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

    $ dconf-tools

  2. Go to the following settings directory:

    org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals

  3. Under touchpad, uncheck the touchpad-enabled checkbox.

Command-line

If you prefer not to meddle with dconf-editor's GUI, run the following command instead:

$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.touchpad touchpad-enabled false
oaskamay
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After making several suggested changes, many of which didn't work. I am very new to Linux and Ubuntu 12.10, I ran across this post, No "Touchpad Tab" under Mouse and Touchpad settings. Detected as PS/2 Generic Mouse

The statement entered into terminal as: sudo modprobe -r psmouse worked. My trackpad is now completely disabled and I am so glad!

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CatGuyTX
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Check in the Setting, under Keyboard, Shortcuts. Here you can browse to any number of features and enable them to your chosen key combinations. Trackpad is under System, Hardware.

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