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Re: TrackPoint cursor problem



On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 09:25:15AM -0800, Serge Rey wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 07:18:13PM -0100, Aleksandar B. Samardzic wrote:
> > Just installed Debian 2.2r2 to my Thinkpad 600E; however, TrackPoint cursor
> > is invisible. I first had to manually add link /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux in
> > order to be able to start X, but now there is no cursor. I'm able to move 
> > Trackpoint (when I move it and righ-click, menu appears on different place),
> > however cursor is invisible. Any idea? Everything worked fine with RH 7.0.
> > 
> 
> check if gpm is running. if it is, do a "gpm -k" as root while in x and
> see if things change. i have a thinkpad x20 and had problems with the
> cursor under X and this kludge seemed to fix things. if it works then
> you may want to consider some scripts to keep gpm up while in console
> mode but down while in X. 

Gpm is not installed.



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