I've written a short tutorial explaining how to fix problems related to Touchpad & Synaptics configuration bugs and behavior in Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca by using a new, more modern kernel, with extra tips, tricks and pointers, as well as suggestions on what not to do - like Xorg tampering, command line tools and additional software and packages installations and use. Have fun. http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-mint-touchpad-fix.html Cheers, Mrk
