[ltp] Thinkpad 600 Pointer Problems

[Andrew Crawford]

Not only does the pointer not work on my new ThinkPad T22 when trying to 
install Mandrake 8.0, the installer locks up completely a couple minutes 
into the install.  This happens with the text install as well as the 
graphical install.

I had no trouble installing Mandrake 7.2 after I gave up trying to use 
ReiserFS (the kernel 2.2.19 update seems to be allergic to ReiserFS and 
panics on boot after the update.)  The pointer even worked throughout the 
install with 7.2.

I was able to get an external mouse, connected to the PS/2 port to work 
okay in the Mandrake 8.0 install, up to the point where it locks.

Andrew Crawford
ThinkPad@Evermore.com

At 08:57 PM 8/9/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>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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