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

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               -Kevin Hinze

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