Non-working trackpad button

The button with the track pad doesn't work. At the moment I don't have the wireless mouse so I can't cross reference but I can use the track pad to move around but I can not select anything (anything). When I restart I will often have a few minutes of operability but then the same thing happens. If I can figure out the keyboard commands, they work. And just now (I am on a different computer) I looked at the Mac and it was caught in a manic switching between going to sleep and being awake (about half a second on each). Any help will be appreciated.
Yesterday an automatic update from Apple was loaded, though I can't recall which.
thanks,
Corey

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well, this has been discussed before, but when comparing the trackpad button of my MacBook Pro with that of my (two days old) MacBook, I noticed the following:
On my MBP, no matter where I press down on the trackpad button, I always hear and feel a clear and noticable click. With my MB, I only get this kind of feedback when I press down the trackpad button very close to the middle - when I press it down more on the sides, I don't really hear or feel a click.
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