Oh, I've also had success with: Option "Protocol" "auto" On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:50:06 -0500, John T. Hoffoss <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> wrote: > There is a synaptics driver out there somewhere, but I have no > experience with it. Perhaps you'd have some success there. > > I would also try setting: Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > > > > 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" > > 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. _______________________________________________ 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