10.4.11 update and cursor jump

This problem occurs in Thunderbird, MS Word, Allgood Solitaire, Firefox, and so on.
I let Software Update download the 10.4.11 patch. I installed, rebooted etc. The cursor jumps when I use the trackpad, and also acts as double-click when I mouse-over a link, or hover over the deck in Solitaire. Action in Word was especially annoying -- cursor would select entire paragraphs or lines as I typed. I have to keep moving the cursor out of the window. The behavior for the window reminds me of focus feature in window under X-windows or Solaris, but here I can't tu
rn it off.so
Cursor behavior improved somewhat after running Disk Utility and fixing permissions.

I think 10.4.11 mistakenly sets Trackpad Gestures/Clicking as a default.
Here's the solution:
System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Trackpad
Under Trackpad Gestures, un-select Clicking.
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