ThinkPad Pointers

[Stephen Ryan]

On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 10:19 -0500, TARogue wrote:
> HELP!!!!
> 
> I use ThinkPads for a number of reasons, mostly because I prefer the 
> nipple stylle pointer to the touchpad style. My new ThinkPad (R61) has 
> both. I am *not* a good typist; my wrists stay down all the time. This 
> leads to alot of straying pointer issuse when my wrists or thumbpads hit 
> the touchpad or the touchpad's buttons.
> 
> Please tell me how I can turn off the touch pad without turning off the 
> nipple?
> 
> Thanks!
>   Tom
> 

>From http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Synaptics_TouchPad_driver_for_X

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and put 

Option  "TouchpadOff" "1"

in the appropriate section.