Problem with netbook trackpad: random clicks and motion
I have a Gateway LT3013U netbook. I have successfully installed Debian (the
regular distro, not any special netbook version) on it. Everything works
flawlessly, except the touchpad. If I place my finger on the touchpad and
drag from the center to the left, the mouse pointer flies to the top right
then "teleports" to a random location, while simultaneously both right- and
left-clicking at great speed. If I have the GNOME desktop exposed, I end up
with multiple new folders on it, because the mouse clicking opens the option
menu then immediately selects the first item, "Create Folder".
I've done quite a bit of 'net research, and tried various fixes found there,
including creating a xorg.conf and adding sections to it, to no avail. I
checked the archives of this list and debian-user as best I could, but the
search engine frankly isn't very helpful.
Data point: synclient reports that it can't find a Synaptics touchpad.
Data point: the output of 'cat /proc/bus/usb/input/devices' contains
neither Synaptics, Elantech nor ALPS. It is detected as a PS/2 mouse.
I tried following the instructions at
http://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad without success.
I am running Debian Squeeze, freshly updated this morning. The xorg
synaptics driver is installed.
A USB mouse works fine.
I would be grateful for any help.
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