Disable touchpad - (while using BT mouse)

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i know synaptics does work for disabling a touchpad a (when a reg mouse is detected).
But i often use a bluetooth mouse and need to disable the touchpad.
Script or idea?

Kubuntu 12.10

[SteveRiley]

Script or idea?

Try this:

synclient TouchpadOff=1

If you know (or want to learn) Udev, you might figure a way to automate this. The following Udev rule works for other kinds of external mice; not sure about Bluetooth:

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", KERNEL=="mouse[0-9]", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/[i]your-user-name[/i]/.Xauthority", ENV{ID_CLASS}="mouse", ENV{REMOVE_CMD}="/usr/bin/synclient TouchpadOff=0", RUN+="/usr/bin/synclient TouchpadOff=1"

Save in /etc/udev/rules.d/01-touchpad.rules. (Source)