From: "Chuck McKinnis" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2042231 for ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:25:01 -0400 Received: from static-71-171-102-26.clppva.fios.verizon.net ([71.171.102.26] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1Kbyii-0000Ps-LL for ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:25:00 -0400 Received: from rc.7cities.net ([12.155.8.5]:41747) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Kbyie-0005Lf-1T for ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com CTCH-RefID str=0001.0A010206.48C292B8.0110:SCFSTAT1382697,ss=1,fgs=0; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:24:56 -0400 Received: from typhoon.7cities.net ([12.155.8.2]) by rc.7cities.net; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:24:53 -0700 X-RC-HOST: rc.7cities.net X-RC-DBID: ee245a7a-c395-435f-a231-bc0ed40126a2 X-RC-ID: 20080906142453390 X-RC-IP: 12.155.8.2 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [192.168.2.102] (w-albuq-9-102.7cities.net [12.155.9.102]) (authenticated bits=0) by typhoon.7cities.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m86EOn43004822 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 08:24:49 -0600 Message-ID: <48C292B0.20905@sandia.net> Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:24:48 -0600 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (OS/2/20080715) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] Mice (was Re: [eCS T60/T61] installing acpi w/ rc5 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Julian Thomas wrote: > In , on 09/02/08 > at 03:39 PM, "Lewis G Rosenthal" typed: >> Indeed. Chuck and I have both found the IBM mouse driver to be more >> "predictable" on ThinkPads in general (I know he's mentioned the T61 to >> me, but I've found it that way for some time). Try the IBM single mouse >> driver, Jon, and see how that works for you. Just curious. > > 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 this same "wandering" behavior and agree that it appears to be a hardware/BIOS issue. -- Chuck McKinnis 1449 State Highway 14 N Sandia Park, NM 87047 505-286-3191 http://www.7cities.net/~mckinnis/ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Proverbs 23:17,18