how I got my trackppoint working on my a31p thinkpad: 0) in mouse settings, set to "no mouse" 1) restart the computer without USB mouse plugged in 2) X-server cannot start, it will try several times and then does a automatic reconfiguration of the x-server 3)accept the settings and use the trackpoint to set your display preferences, save the xf86.config and restart 4)now the computer works without usb-mouse, trackpoint works fine and x-server can start. if you plug-in the USB mouse NOW, this mouse works.... christoph On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 17:08, Gerry Tool wrote: > On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 03:57, Eric Rose wrote: > > > > RH9 does not do it anymore, > > > > and does not seem to detect the mouse either? > > > > > Do you have kudzu installed and enabled at bootup? > > > ... if not, you should. > > > > Yes, plus its an 'out-of-the-box' install. Well, upgrade :-) > > Kudzu works fine, recognizes everything. I've seen some > > people writing that you can recognize the USB mouse if > > it is plugged in, otherwise fall back to the PS/2 touchpad. > > Doesn't seem like a lot to ask, does it? > > > > I'd really like to get this to work... but there seems to > > be no documentation anywhere. I'd appreciate some pointers! > > In my previous post, I should have suggested that you use > redhat-config-mouse to set your mouse to Wheel Mouse (USB). Mouse > configuration is covered in section 3.14 of the Installation Guide on > the RHL9 Documentation CD, or at > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/ > > Gerry -- Christoph Lehmann <christoph.lehmann@xxxxxx>
