Disabling Trackpoint

[romack991]

Running 8.04, I have configure-trackpoint driver which lets me turn off the trackpoint on my dell c610. (stops the drifting)

Anyways I can apply it and stop the trackpoint from working. Also save it to /etc/trackpoint/trackpoint.conf

but when I restart, the trackpoint works again and I have to go into the driver and turn it off again.

trackpoint.conf listed below
#!/bin/bash

echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/sensitivity
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/inertia
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/speed
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/reach
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/draghys
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/mindrag
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/thresh
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/upthresh
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/ztime
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/jenks
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/press_to_select
echo -n > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2/skipback
echo -n 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/sensitivity
echo -n 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/inertia
echo -n 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/speed


I tried to add the trackpoint.conf into my startup programs in session preferences but that didn't seem to work either. I'm new to Ubuntu and Linux. Can anybody explain how to apply these settings at startup?

In the configure-trackpoint, it states "To save settings, please copy the following lines into your start up file."

echo -n 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/sensitivity
echo -n 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/inertia
echo -n 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/speed

But I haven't been able to find what startup file and how to edit it.

[Doc Hoss]

I'm still pretty new to the Ubuntu scene myself, but I think you may be looking for the startup file called /etc/rc.local Someone please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I've got some startup things in there and they seem to work, so maybe try there. Good luck!