Disable Toucpad or Synaptic in Fedora 12

xinput - utility to configure and test X input devices

To turn off:

xinput --list

Look for Synaptic id. Assume your synaptic id is "8"

xinput --list-props 8

Look for Device Enabled (x): (y)

x = id (device)
y = pid (property)

Assume pid is "119"

xinput --set-int-props id pid 8 0

Replace "id" and "pid" with x and y values.

Done.

To turn on:

xinput --set-int-props id pid 8 4

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