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Mark J Dulcey wrote: > My system doesn't even recognize the trackpad as a trackpad (it has a > Alps trackpad, not a Synaptic), just as a PS/2 mouse, so 'sudo rmmod > psmouse' is the way to turn it off. That doesn't persist across reboots, > though I could put psmouse in the list of excluded modules to make it > so. My USB mouse still works afterward. Aha! yes, mine was a psmouse too. rmmod works, and best of all, modprobe brings it back. It disables the nipple too, so if I don't have my external USB mouse I have NO mouse, but I can always launch a shell with gnome-do and type the command to reactivate it. Thanks!