Hi.
I had a same same problem as you.
I use toshibaM30 with redhat9.
I installed tpconfig touchpad driver..get from
http://compass.com/synaptics/
and it works good.
BTW, I have another problems..
1. Did you solved tha problem of battery monitor?
Even if I installed apmd and acpi, kernel doesn't recognized them...
2. Brightness of monitor..
How did you adjust this?
3. Toshiba function keys....well...
