[ltp] Thinkpad 600 Pointer Problems

[Brice Spreitzer]

I had this same problem as well.  The only way around it that I found is
by going through the regular install using a external PS/2 mouse.  You
will have to use the keyboard up until the mouse selection menu.  Once you
get to that section just keep tapping the keys and moving the mouse until
you see the display start to recognize.  I know this isn't the most
technical way, but it is a problem with too quick of a timeout on the
mouse scan upon boot, so you need to force it.   Hope it works....

--Brice

On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, 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.  :-)
>
> ~Christopher X
>
> "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
> stupidity."
>
> -Hanlon's Razor
>
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