Trackpad not working in the middle

I don't recall any moisture getting onto my trackpad recently but i do know that if my fingers are moist it doesnt move well. but my fingers are dry and along the right side of my trackpad it works perfectly. but when i move my fingers along to the middle it seems as if it doesnt respond to my finger, simililar to when myu fingers are moist. ive tried cleaning it, leaving it alone and then itll work for a couple of seconds then start skipping or not really moving or responding. has anyone else had this problem and fixed it? it seems to be in the center of the trackpad all the way to the left side. but the right side is alright. its very frustrating trying to navigate with only a few centimeters of trackpad.
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

@WonderWoofy I did NOT have that package installed. I guess I must have overlooked it. I installed it, and now my trackpad works like a charm. Thank you!
@dschrute Thank you for your input. I did read through that wiki, and none of those issues were mine. Somewhere, some command (can't remember it off the top of my head) would list all of the input sources, and my trackpad (or at least I thought it was my trackpad) was one of them, and it was under /dev/input.
Thank you both for your quick and effective help! I will mark the thread as solved.
Last edited by metgz (2012-11-23 18:40:41)

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