From: "Carl Gehr" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account carl.gehr@mcgcg.com HELO localhost) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPA id 2042203 for ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:11:03 -0400 To: "eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List" Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:11:01 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: "Carl Gehr" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2382 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] Mice (was Re: [eCS T60/T61] installing acpi w/ rc5 Message-ID: On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:11:28 -0400, Julian Thomas wrote: > >On this T60 I have the standard IBM driver and also USBmouse. Works OK >with either the trackpoint or the external mouse (I use the trackpoint; MJ >uses the rodent) with the external plugged in. > >Only problem is that sometimes the trackpoint cursor wanders; I believe >this is a hardware/bios issue. At any rate I can usually cure it for a >while by slamming the pointer against an edge of the screen. > I have seen the same thing on my T60. In fact, ISTR that it happened also on my A30p. My solution is usually to just let it do its thing until it comes to a halt. [i.e., Don't fight it! It only takes a few seconds.] Once it has stopped and become stable, it's OK for a while. Carl