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. > > 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. Looking at xorg.conf for my ThinkPad A31p, it shows the Protocol set to PS/2. If changing that doesn't help, try commenting out the "Name" "Autodetection" and trying both Protocols then. > kevin -- -Kevin Hinze rudie at rudie.net | rudie at sihope.com hinz0047 at tc.umn.edu | http://rudie.net _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list