mouse / trackpoint configuration on ibm t23 laptop

[Jerry_Bash@spectral-sys.com]

I am installing on a t23 laptop, and am having trouble with the trackpoint, or an external mouse being recognized and useable.
This is a secondhand machine, so there is a possibility that there could be a hardware problem, I suppose.  At any rate, if I'd appreciate some help in determining whether I have a configuration wrong.  In googling thusfar, I haven't run across anything that helps.

Here is the section of the XF86Config-4 file dealing with input devices.  If you've got any ideas on determining if it's a hardware problem or not, or if something in my config is incorrect, please let me know.  The external mouse I've tried is a logitech, which does work on another system (not a laptop) with essentially the same XF86Config file.  With the laptop, neither the external nor the trackpoint works.  The pointer comes up (when I start X) and just sits in the middle of the screen.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
-Jerry



Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier        "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver                "keyboard"
        Option                "CoreKeyboard"
        Option                "XkbRules"        "xfree86"
        Option                "XkbModel"        "pc104"
        Option                "XkbLayout"        "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier        "Configured Mouse"
        Driver                "mouse"
        Option                "CorePointer"
        Option                "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
        Option                "Protocol"                "PS/2"
        Option                "Emulate3Buttons"        "true"
        Option                "ZAxisMapping"                "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier        "Generic Mouse"
        Driver                "mouse"
        Option                "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
        Option                "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
        Option                "Protocol"                "ImPS/2"
        Option                "Emulate3Buttons"        "true"
        Option                "ZAxisMapping"                "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier        "Generic Video Card"
        Driver                "savage"
EndSection

-------------------------------------snip--------------------------------------------------------------

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier        "Default Layout"
        Screen                "Default Screen"
        InputDevice        "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice        "Configured Mouse"
        InputDevice        "Generic Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode        0666
EndSection


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                                        Jerry Bash
                                        Spectral Systems, Inc.
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