ThinkPad Pointers

[Ted Roche]

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?
> 

Tom:

I'm a big ThinkPad fan myself. In most models you can disable the 
touchpad in BIOS. Smarter Linuces should see it "removed" next time you 
restart.