Comment 6 for bug 669399

I was having this problem on my Thinkpad Edge 11". (Bottom 1cm not responding)

!!!!! I found a solution and my touchpad is currently fully working .!!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently the touchpad was being misdetected as a click pad (where the button is integrated below the pad and therefore had the touchpad above this area disabled

I installed a kernel patch and its all working perfectly now.

Check this link for the solution:

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/582809
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Installation instructions are at the bottom on message #94

Good luck and let me know how this works for you guys.