Well, I managed to solve the only problem with my new laptop, and it was too simple.
Here's a tip, folks - never plug in a mouse when you're installing Linux on a laptop that has a touchpad. That was my whole problem. Turns out that touchpads are detected by Mandrake as a standard PS/2 mouse. You don't need to install or compile any driver modules, just do a normal install. Sometimes the answer is something so simple, you'd never even consider it. Having a USB or other secondary mouse connected when starting the install, means that Mandrake defaukts to that mouse, and never even considers the touchpad. Go Figure ! Guess I outsmarted myself! lanman
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