"when i try to use the mousepad the cursor keep returning at the left bottom corner of the screen every time i release my finger from the pad."
The most likely explanation is that the mouse is configured wrong in /etc/X11/XF86Config. I think that in Mandrake you configure the mouse by running a program called XDrake, or perhaps xdrake.
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