[ltp] R61 touchpad not recognized in Ubuntu

[Richard Neill]

>>> Since i'm not really used to typing on a laptop yet, i keep tapping
>>> the (pretty sensitive) touchpad with the side of my hands while
>>> writing.This ends up giving focus to other windows in the middle of a
>>> sentence, which as you can imagine is truly maddening.
>> When I got my first laptop three years ago that was the first thing I
>> discovered. Actually it took me several days before I figured out it
>> was my thumb on the damn touchpad.

You could do what I once did to an external Ultranav keyboard -- unscrew 
it, and physically move the sensor to inside the plastic case, then 
replace it with a Tux-penguin image.

Bit risky though on a laptop ;-)