Thread: Laptop touchpad won't stay disabled

i have asus laptop. can set touchpad disabled in bios sometime later becomes active again. reboot, check bios , still disabled, ubuntu boots , stays disabled while , becomes active of sudden. how stop this? use usb wireless mouse.

run in terminal:

code:

sudo rmmod psmouse

this should disable touchpad completely. if works create file called disable-touchpad (you can call whatever want) following contents in /etc/modprobe.d/:

code:

# /etc/modprobe.d/disable-touchpad blacklist psmouse

this make touchpad persistently disabled. if want enable run:

code:

sudo modprobe psmouse

and remove /etc/modprobe.d/disable-touchpad file.

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