Re: Can sonypi disable the touchpad?

> I am running SuSE Pro 8.2 on a VAIO PCG-GRX570 laptop. I have the
> 2.4.21-4 Mantel kernel installed, with the sonypi driver. Is there any
> way to tell the driver to disable the touchpad? I use an external
> 3-button mouse (Logitech Trackman-FX USB wireless trackball) and the
> touchpad often responds to "accidental" touches, relocating the cursor
> in unwanted ways.

I would try tpconfig:
http://www.compass.com/synaptics/

Never used it myself, but it sounds like it's what you need (diminishing
the sensibility of the touchpad should do it).

-- 
Jean Delvare
http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/