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Grant Sewell wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:31:11 +0000 > Neil Winchurst wrote: > >> >> <rant> Why can't laptop manufacturers make it easy to enable/disable >> the touchpad? It seems to be a popular need. Even something as simple >> as another switch on the machine could be one way. Or perhaps using an >> unusual key combination, eg Alt-F11. Still searching and moaning. >> </rant> >> >> Neil Winchurst > > Most do. The majority of newer laptops that I've worked with have > either had a little button immediately above the touchpad itself, one > on the side of the laptop (near the other switches, such as the WiFi > on/off switch) or by a keyboard combination - such as Fn+F4 or > something. > > Grant. > Well, as I said in my original post, I am new to laptops and this one I have was given to me and is about 3 years old. I can't see any switch near the pad or any other likely one. More research. Thanks Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html