On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:42:13 -0500 Haines Brown <hai...@histomat.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 11:56:53AM +0100, BerndSchmittNews wrote: > > Hello, > > under debian7 I was using gpoint.... to temporarily deactivate > > touchpad. My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a while the pointer > > is running wild. I hoped that this would not happen in debian8, but > > maybe it is a hardware failure, so I have to live/deal with it. > > > > thanks > > Bernd > > My Thinkpad touch pad was also driving me crazy because I couldn't > help moving the mouse pointer when typing. I simply removed the > synaptic package and have had peace ever since. Is there not a Fn+Key combination to activate/deactivate the touchpad minus the hassle?
