Wow, according to the manual for the x240 there isn't an Fn combination to enable/disable the touchpad. And now that I look at my Thinkpad E485... I don't have one either. Maybe that's the new trend.
Alternatively, you could set a normal keyboard shorcut in your desktop of choice. I'm using KDE5 and the default "toggle touchpad" shortcut works. I assume that other desktops would offer equivalent shortcuts, which might be what you want to do here. I'm using <super>+t as a touchpad toggle. On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 6:24 PM Fred James <[email protected]> wrote: > > Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > On my Lenovo X240 I have the trackpad disabled because my errant thumbs > > have a nasty tendency to move the pointer around unwittingly. I use a > > wireless USB mouse, which is always fine. Except if the mouse were to > > fail, I have no way to do anything, including saving, shutting down, or > > other recoveries. This has not happened, but I have tested it and have > > found no solutions. The track pointer still moves the cursor, but there is > > no way to "click". The function keys do not include access to the track > > pad. Any suggestions for a recovery should I have a failure? > > > > Thanks, > > -Denis > I am thinking maybe keep a USB mouse on hand (not wireless) ... I am > thinking that by switching to that, the box should see it and be able to > use it? I am seeing USB meeses for less than $15. > Hope that helps > Regards > Fred James > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
