[ltp] T21 trackpoint loses settings on suspend until reboot

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Nigel

On 27-Sep-01 Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> I have a T21, which I use without any external mouse - just using the
> trackpoint.
>=20
> I have Till  Straumann's tp4d (the 1.2 beta - earlier versions work the
> same) to configure the trackpoint to my liking - meaning I can easily do
> selects and drags with the trackpoint etc.
>=20
> However even using this package, when I suspend/hibernate and resume,
> the trackpoint goes to its default (pretty unresponsive) settings until
> the next reboot - even if I manually kick it with tp4d etc.
>=20
> I have the psctrl kernel module configured in (and loaded), and am
> running a RH 7.1 system with ximian gnome.  The system boots, and
> normally remains, in X.
>=20
> Any suggestions?

Strange (other people have reported T21 to work - in fact I don't know
of any machine using a [IBM] trackpoint which does not work)...

 - does the syslog give any clues (tpf4 writes messages to syslog
   unless -d is specified) - what messages can you find there?
 - do you run it with SUID permission or as root?
 - after resuming the machine - is tp4d still running (check 'ps axl')?
 - does your kernel have APM support and is libapm installed?

-- Till

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