How to disable TouchPad of Laptop in Linux?
##use below command to list devices
xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PixArt USB Optical Mouse id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PS/2 Mouse id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=13 [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)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ CNA7157 id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Toshiba input device id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
## To disable "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" touchpad use below command.
xinput set-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 0
OR
synclient TouchpadOff=1
##use below command to list devices
xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PixArt USB Optical Mouse id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PS/2 Mouse id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint id=13 [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)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ CNA7157 id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Toshiba input device id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
## To disable "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint" touchpad use below command.
xinput set-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 0
OR
synclient TouchpadOff=1
## To enable it again use below command.
xinput set-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 1
OR
synclient TouchpadOff=0
synclient TouchpadOff=0
## To disable touchpad graphically, use below repository in Ubuntu, Linuxmint or Debian
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator
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