Disable any and all touch pad response

I can't find any controls in the OS to kill these default "features".

What OS are you using, you haven't said?

If I were looking, the first thing I might try is setting all the 'TapButtons' or at least 2 and 3, to 0

wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad

regards

PS

I use a similar keyboard to this on my big mill, but a wired version (don't trust wireless near a VFD)
www.amazon.com/Perixx-PERIBOARD-710PLUS-...yboard+with+touchpad

I left the protective film on the touchpad because of all the oil etc and have had no problem with over sensitivity, you have to really tap it hard to get a mouse click

I'm on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. It looks like you're moving away from Ubuntu?

Under system / preferences / mouse
I'm not seeing any touchpad options.

Ubuntu is just Debian with pretty pictures and other bloat.

Have a look at the link regards system wide override through xorg.conf.d, that is the path I would start with.

regards

ArcEye wrote: I left the protective film on the touchpad because of all the oil etc and have had no problem with over sensitivity, you have to really tap it hard to get a mouse click

Some touchpads are just awful.

At work they are giving us all Panasonic Toughbooks, which are very expensive and have the worst touchpad ever. They register clicks and drags when not intended, and the cursor jumps 10mm in a random direction every time you lift your finger off. As a colleague said "After 10 minutes you want to hurt something".

Don't use anything with a "Versapad". If it wants to install VersaPad drivers then throw it away immediately. Better now and calmly than later in anger and frustration with a deadline.

The Logitech K400 touch click function can be turned off on the keyboard itself. You hold the blue function button and click the left trackpad button. Unfortunately, you have to do this every time you turn the keyboard on because it resets to default after a power cycle.