Have you checked for a BIOS option? On my thinkpad there are BIOS
options to disable the built-in pointer devices.

nick

On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 11:01 -0400, Paul Tatham wrote:
> I have a Lenovo Ideapad U400 with an odd touchpad. Can't find a way to
> disable it when a mouse is plugged in. The function key (F6 on the
> keyboard) doesn't toggle on/off as it does in windows. Using Ubuntu
> 12.04 system settings, there is no touchpad found - it shows up only
> as a mouse. When I less /proc/bus/input/devices the only pointing
> device that appears shows up as NAME="ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
> instead of something like NAME="SynPS/2 Synaptics Touchpad". When I
> plug in a USB mouse nothing changes in proc and both the mouse and the
> touchpad work. qsynaptics or other synclient stuff has not worked
> because there is no touchpad detected. This doesn't seem to be a
> synaptics touchpad. Anyone have any ideas on how to shut it off?
> 
> 
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