[ltp] Weirdness with trackpoint/A20m

Harry Mangalam linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 09:11:25 -0700


This sounds like interaction/competition between gpm and X, (it was for my
installation of Debian Potato on a TP770X - kill gpm before starting X to
see if it stops it) but why it would happen only on boot-on-battery, I
don't know..

Interested to hear the outcome...

hjm


alaric@portone.com wrote:
> 
> Hey there, I'm having issues with my trackpoint and I was hoping someone
> might know what's up.
> 
> I am using:  model 2628-31U A20m thinkpad (cel 500mhz, 128MB, 12GB, 15")
> Linux kernel 2.4.0-test4 over Mandrake 7.1
> AcceleratedX 5.0.3
> 
> I have my IR, sound, pcmcia (3c589, old Mhz modem), all working.
> 
> I am having issues with my trackpoint under battery power however.
> 
> In XFCE 3.4.4 when I boot up on battery power the TP goes pretty wacky, it
> skips across the screen, randomly activates menus, and sometimes clicking
> a mouse-button moves the pointer instead.  Woah... what gives?
> 
> Oh yeah.. and yet another wonder, sometimes when I bot on battery power
> linux tries to probe hdd (which doesn't exist)
> 
> Anyhow, any ideas, suggestions, help, sympathy....
> 
> all would be greatly appreciated,
> 
> Leeman Strout
> alaric@portone.com
> 
> ----- The Linux ThinkPad mailing list -----
> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> http://www.bm-soft.com/~bm/tp_mailing.html

-- 
Cheers,
Harry

Harry J Mangalam -- (949) 856 2847 -- hjm@ncgr.org || mangalam@home.com
----- The Linux ThinkPad mailing list -----
The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
http://www.bm-soft.com/~bm/tp_mailing.html