This is on an HP G-61 laptop. Any tips on how to fix the problem? Maverick, but the same problem was there in Lucid ...
I actually just tried this on my MSI Wind, and have the same problem. Basically, I'm installing KDE onto a standard Ubuntu setup using the KDE desktop packages from the repositories, then selecting it manually on the login screen.
Try this: go to System Settings - Keyboard & Mouse, then go to the touchpad section and set the sensitivity one step next from low