Updateing an old Mint n14 xfce install

Greetings all; I finally lugged my lappy in and plugged it in with the idea of makeing sure I had a working email setup for the install of Jessie on this machine. Had to reboot twice, I assume because its is sorely in need of a new battery. The special xenomai kernel that can run LinuxCNC in simulation mode found something it didn't like first time up. Both times the boot was delayed by a 10 minute spell of what I assume was e2fsck since the drive led was on during those times. It is now booted, and a 64 bit version of Min 17.1 is now a download in progress since all the repo's for mint 14 have vanished like the morning fog. Xfce version I believe since this thing is certifiably in the Ford model T horsepower range today. Are there any gotcha's other than the formatter during the install and network crap I'll have to nuke after the install before I burn it and reinstall? I have a mouse plugged in. As I see that on 14, both the touchpad and the mouse are active, what is the name of the utility that completely disables the touchpad if a real mouse is found? Thanks all. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>