hello-

i have an ibm thinkpad a30p. i am running SuSE 9.0 and i cannot get the
trackpoint to work properly. if i boot the computer with no mouse, the
trackpoint is enabled in the bios. when X starts, i can move the cursor,
but it acts very erratic. it goes from one end of the screen to the
other very quickly, and records button presses when i did not press any
buttons, etc.

one time while troubleshooting, i enabled (in the bios) the trackpoint
at all times, even when a mouse was plugged in. when i booted, the mouse
acted very erratic - same as above. but as soon as i disabled the
trackpoint everything was fine.

here is a clip from my XF86Config:

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/mouse"
  Option       "Name" "Autodetection"
  Option       "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

and /dev/mouse points to /dev/psaux.

i suspect this is a driver issue, but there are no specific trackpoing
drivers for this laptop from ibm.

any suggestions?

kevin





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