Playing with xinput(1) does allow me to disable the touchpad, which suggests it's not an issue with XInput either
xinput set-prop "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Device Enabled" 8 0 -- unable to disable touchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404398 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs