Does anyone establish to lock the laptop mouse pad

Linux and Unix-Like Ubuntu
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Hi,

I just wondering if someone in the linux specifically ubuntu community accomplish on locking the mouse pad built in in the laptop just like in the windows where you can Fn+lock if im not using it and using a usb mouse instead. mine is an asus laptop.

Thanks for any reply..

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That's not generally a Windows feature, usually that's part of the laptop hardware itself.

The fn-keys though, may not work properly if your kernel doesn't support them. Sometimes the kernel has specific fixes for specific models.

Asus makes lots of laptops. You might as well go looking for parts for a "Ford" as look for fixes for an "Asus". What is it?

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corona688: Thanks for the responce. I never said its a windows function the (fn+#). I mean its works in windows the fn+#. i think your right also its on a specific kernel fixes to function my objective. but i dont have time to or maybe lazy to compile fixes new kernel. Below are my procedure to achieve my objective:

  1. issue command #xinput list
    output:
 Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
    Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
    USB Optical Mouse                       	id=11	[slave  pointer  (2)]
    Macintosh mouse button emulation        	id=14	[slave  pointer  (2)]
    ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse             	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)]
     Video Bus                               	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
     Sleep Button                            	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
     USB 2.0 Camera                          	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
     AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=12	[slave  keyboard (3)]
     Asus Laptop extra buttons               	id=15	[slave  keyboa
  1. Determine touchpad mouse ID in my case i had two mouse the USB mouse and the touchpad. the touchpad is
  1. Disable the touchpad using id 13 in the above result. Issue this command to disable
xinput set-int-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 8 0
  1. To enable back again the touchpad change the value of 0 to 1 in the above command like this one.
xinput set-int-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 8 1
  1. The disable command well be reset upon reboot. to make it easy to me i used alias like
alias moff='xinput set-int-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 8 0' ---> disable
alias mon='xinput set-int-prop 13 "Device Enabled" 8 1' ---> enable

or create keyboar shortcut its up to you..

By the way Corona688: my laptop is Asus u30jc. In addition if you know some link on how to use the nvidia cuda optimus video card well be highly appreciated.

Thanks for reading.