How to switch off synaptic touchpad

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Ghoster
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How to switch off synaptic touchpad

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Hello i wanted to ask how to switch off the tourchpad on the notebook because i use an external mouse. I do not find any option for this in the GUI under "mouse" someone has a clue which conf. i should edit ?
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ericbsd
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Re: How to switch off synaptic touchpad

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sudo sysctl hw.psm.synaptics.touchpad_off=1
To keep it at boot add the following in /etc/sysctl.conf.

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hw.psm.synaptics.touchpad_off=1
Ghoster
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Re: How to switch off synaptic touchpad

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Thanks it worked again !!! Great !!! btw i had to install nano via pkg install nano seems not to be preinstalled in Ghostbsd but i use this editor since ages under Linux ! :-) But i must realy thank you for this great support.
My old notebook performs so great and fast -and this Mate Desktop is looking realy great.
Most userfriendly BSD i have ever seen !
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