I am not a fan of the trackpad/touchpad and I want to turn it off while using Ubuntu and I can't figure out how. I have a Dell Inspiron N5110 running Windows 8 with a dual boot option of Ubuntu 12.10.

The Dell Touchpad Properties show:

 "Driver"

Driver Provider:  Alps

Driver Date:  7/12/12

Driver Version: 8.1200.101.209

Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility publisher



 "General"

Device type: Mice and other pointing devices

Manufacturer: Alps Electric

Location: plugged into PS/2 mouse port

In Windows 8 the Fn shortcut is Fn+F3 and that works but in Ubuntu it does not, even though a red box appears in the top right corner indicating it may have. It shows a trackpad icon with an X when the Fn key are pressed.

When I go into system settings, there is only a tab for mouse and nothing for the touchpad.

I've tried several methods listed here and nothing seems to work.