I checked the synaptics web site and they don't seem to show many of their OEM devices. The touchpad is built-in a Compaq Presario 2710 notebook. Also the 4-way scroll key I have only seen on the Compaq notebooks. Under Windows, with the synpatics drivers, it allows window scrolling in all 4 directions, horizontal and vertical. Here is a link to the spec sheet on the notebook from Compaq's web site. http://www.compaq.ca/English/home/notebooks/2700/PDF/2710CAE.pdf I have tried running gpm using the ps2 protocol and still have the same problems when switching between console and X. Also using the -D options does not seem to change the behavior in any way. If I use <CTRL><ALT><F1> from X to change to a console screen everything is fine until I try to return to X using <CTRL><ALT><F7>. After this, X starts to redraw the screen and then seems to hang, and constantly consumes 99% of CPU. You asked if I can do any SysReq and I can't do anything from the notebook when this happens. I am able to ssh into the notebook from an external computer and can still do many things, but the only way I have found to get X running properly again is to restart the computer. If I try to force a new startX I get an error indicating that there is already a server running on display 0. I will try things with the debug information in GPM and let you know what happens. I went back through my logs and here is what was being dumped to /var/log/messages when the mouse stopped responding after a screen saver; Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: tossing PS/2 data: Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 08 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: AA Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 55 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: C0 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: tossing PS/2 data: Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 03 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: AA Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 55 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: C0 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: tossing PS/2 data: Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: AA Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 55 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: C0 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: tossing PS/2 data: Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 28 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: AA Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 55 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: C0 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: tossing PS/2 data: Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 03 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: AA Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 55 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: C0 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 00 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: tossing PS/2 data: Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: FF Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 28 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 04 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: FD Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 28 Mar 30 17:49:19 p2710 gpm[1036]: 04 If you want to review some of the information I have gathered so far from my notebook it can be found on my personal web site at http://www.schultzcentral.org/notebook/notebook.html Best Regards - Troy Schultz