I could MAYBE try to install the Synaptic driver which MIGHT make my touchpad work, but even if it did then work my joy would be short-lived due to some impending change from X11 to Wayland.
but conversely if i understand your own feedback, the current non-Synaptic driver arrangement is known to NOT allow proper functionality for touchpad so i'd only be wasting my time anyway. The 'vibe' i've picked up from that git bisect link is that MAYBE i could fiddle about with some files which MIGHT make my touchpad properly functional. I need to just quickly double-check my understanding here, lest i run off on an unnecessary tangent.
