If you have attached an external mouse to your laptop, you may not need touchpad which may be accidentally touch. I’ve made a short script to disable and enable the touchpad.
1: Disabling the TouchPad
#!/bin/sh dev=`xinput --list | grep PS/2 | grep Generic | cut -f2-2 | cut -c 4-10` export DISPLAY=:0 xinput set-int-prop $dev "Device Enabled" 8 0 echo "Device id=$dev has been disabled"
2: Enabling the TouchPad
#!/bin/sh dev=`xinput --list | grep PS/2 | grep Generic | cut -f2-2 | cut -c 4-10` export DISPLAY=:0 xinput set-int-prop $dev "Device Enabled" 8 1 echo "Device id=$dev has been enabled"