More information–It seems that the trackpad is definitely being treated as a mouse–
I tried to connect my wireless logitech mouse (using solaar) and the solaar app works fine and recognizes the mouse, but I get no cursor or any other interaction. However, going through the kde system settings, I can see that under trackpad, I have information about my logitech mouse as n ignored device. It also lists the lenovo thinkpad usb keyboard with trackpad is ignored.