superbeast 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"
>   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

I run Debian on my Thinkpad but suspect the configuration would be
similar.  I use the mouse both in console mode and under X11.  Here are
the relevant configs:

# /etc/gpm.conf
device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
repeat_type=msc			#  <== "MouseSystems"
type=fups2			#  <== "broken ps/2"
append=""
sample_rate=

-------------------------------
# snippet of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/gpmdata"
        Option          "Protocol"              "MouseSystems"
EndSection

/dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/gpmdata
-- 
scot

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