Cab this be the same problems like several people have had with IBM Thinkpads and PS/2 mouse?
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1010 -- PS2 Mouse: Missing patch from 2.6.16 https://launchpad.net/bugs/46415 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
