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Asked: 2018-06-20 08:03:09 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 18.04, can't disable laptop touchpad on Dell Latitude E5520

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Dell Latitude E5520.

Fn+F5 always shows a "disabled touchpad" symbol, but it remains active.

dell touchpad

2 Answers

  1. As a work-around you can use a gnome-shell extension:

    1. Toggle Touchpad
    2. Touchpad Indicator - that's the one I prefer
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  2. Use user Almas Dusal's bash script for toggling the touchpad device.

    I had this problem with my Dell Inspiron. Fn+F3 used to work fine in 16.04 Xenial Xerus, but after dist-upgrading to 18.04, all I got was the popping "disabled touch-pad symbol" followed by no noticeable change in system behavior.

    Above script worked like a charm.

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