On Friday 21 September 2001 00:01, George Jones (IT) wrote: > If it's the same thing (or similar) as the little red "pencil eraser" type > pointer that's on my Thinkpad (760XD) then it takes a few times to get it > to actually work. Matter of fact, the only way I was ever able to get mine > working was to continually "restart X" from the login screen and wiggle the > pointer like a crazed man until it started to work. > > One more reason why I now use MDK 7.2 instead of 8. Fixed in Freq 2 Civileme > > > George E. Jones IV > Store Systems Support > Borders Group Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leif Madsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 6:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Trackpoint on IBM A22e with Mandrake 8.0 > > > OK.. I've got everything working as far as I know on my IBM Thinkpad A22e > EXCEPT the damn Trackpoint in Xwindows (KDE) > > I've tried editing the XF86Config-4 and changing the Option Device > "/dev/mouse" > and also tried > Option Device "/dev/psaux" and niether works. If I exit out of Xwindows, > the error message is basically it doesn't detect a mouse. Unfortunately > these Thinkpads don't have a PS/2 port on them, and I don't have access to > any other kinds of mice unfortunately. > > Idea's? I've already looked at the linux-laptop website.. but most people > with these laptops are running Redhat 7.1, but their trackpoints work... > > Leif Madsen - Project Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.plannettechnologies.com <http://www.plannettechnologies.com>
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