[ltp] Thinkpad 600 Pointer Problems

[Christopher X]

Its not a new Thinkpad, its a 600 2645-51U w/ 266 Pentium II, 288 megs RAM,
etc.  Not all that bad tho, I like it.  Does this still apply?  I hope then
that Suse would work.  :-)

Thnx!,
~Christopher X

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
stupidity."

-Hanlon's Razor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tino Keitel" <tino.keitel@web.de>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Thinkpad 600 Pointer Problems


> On Thursday,  9. August 2001 20:42, Christopher X wrote:
> > Now I hadn't yet tried another distribution (right now I can't, need a
new
> > power supply so until then its gathering dust) but when I attempted to
> > install Linux Mandrake 8.0 (Frequent release 2) the mouse pointed (its
the
> > little nub in the middle of the keyboard, not a touch pad) wasn't
> > recognized.  I'm now wanting to buy/try SuSe 7.2 - is this a general
> > problem, or just a fluke?  I was under the impression that I merely told
it
> > or it saw it as a PS/2 mouse.  Maybe its the distro, it was a beta
release
> > of sorts.  Anyways, thnx.  :-)
>
> Mandrake 8.0 uses a kernel patch that breaks the PS/2 support on newer
> ThinkPads. If you build a kernel with the sources from ftp.kernel.org
after
> the installation you will be able to use your trackpoint.
>
> Tino
>
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