With syndaemon to disable as you type put in a script: .kde/Autostart/syndaemon.sh#!/bin/bash syndaemon -i 1 -d Enable/Disable for good: Create the file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/shmconfig.fdishmconfig.fdi Then enable disable with the following script:#!/bin/bash if [[ `synclient -l | grep TouchpadOff | awk '{print $3}'` == "0" ]] then synclient touchpadoff=1 else synclient touchpadoff=0 fi