On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:33:36 -0500, superbeast  
<superbeast at evilcricket.com> wrote:

> 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"


Try:

Option  Protocol    "GlidePointPS/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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