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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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