[ltp] Thinkpad R61 ALPS-pad and trackpointer undetected

[Christian Birchinger]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 01:21:41PM +0200, Sébastien Mazy wrote:
> 2007/10/8, Christian Birchinger <joker@netswarm.net>:
> > > > > My Thinkpad R61 has an ALPS pad and a trackpointer (UltraNav). The
> > > > > devices only get detected as generic PS/2 mouse though.
> > >
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8864
> >
> If I understand the last comment on bugzilla, this patch only solves
> the touchpad issue, right ?

No, the Trackpointer is usable. It's just not possible to have
any special configuration for it other than generic mouse
options. It has dedicated mouseX and eventX devices so you can
have your special xorg.conf section for it. However, theres no
special hardware config like sensitivity etc.

Christian