Hi, I have the same computer but don't get the same problems as you are having. I tried gpm from cvs and the only problem I'm getting is that when I use the stick (and it's buttons) sometimes gpm thinks I've released the button even when I haven't. If I just keeps pressing it, it thinks I've pressed it again. The other problems I don't have. I run gpm as a repeater as well (but don't use the -3 and -p arguments since I don't know them) The options I have currently are 1) Disable the touchpad in the bios. This gives you all three mouse buttons on the stick 2) Live with 2 buttons only and have both the stick and touchpad work but without the cool synaptics behavior (scroll and so on) 3) Live with the brokenness described above, this means I can't use the stick at all basically. I'd love to get this to work. Anything I can do to help the developers find this??? /Erik On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 12:48, Tavin Cole wrote: > hi all > > i have an IBM Thinkpad R40 with an UltraNav (trackpoint stick w/ 3 > buttons and touchpad w/ 2 buttons) > > i wanted to be able to use both in X so i run gpm as a repeater like so: > /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/misc/psaux -t synps2 -Rps2 -3 -p > > everything works great, except for the following flaky behaviors: > > 1. sooner or later, when tapping the touchpad, the pointer will move off > in a random direction for a (seemingly) random distance > > 2. following this, the touchpad buttons do not work, but pressing them > causes the pointer to move again in the same direction for some > distance. the stick buttons work but also cause this pointer motion. > > 3. also, when using the stick there is a bias for the pointer to move in > the same direction as the random movement described above. iow, the > pointer will go in that direction when pressing lightly on the stick in > the opposite direction. > > 4. sometimes while moving the pointer with the touchpad and holding down > a stick button, the system thinks i have released the stick button but > i'm still holding it down. > > 5. the touchpad buttons work again after moving the pointer with the > touchpad. sometimes it takes a few tries though. then the random > movements stop occurring, until you use the stick or a stick button or > again tap the touchpad just right. > > 6. restarting gpm is the only way to get completely back to normal. > > > as you can probably imagine, these behaviors become quite irksome after > a while ;) .. especially if other people try to use my laptop who aren't > used to it. i have lived with it for a few months and now i would > dearly like to see it fixed. i'm willing to hack on this with some help > as i am not an experienced C programmer. > > i've attached my gpm-syn.conf. > > thanks for gpm! even in my case it's still better than living without a > middle mouse button!