> In Windows XP, Start > Settings > Control Panel > Mouse > > tabs [Hardware] and [UltraNav].
Are you sure that this provides an option to disable the Trackpoint for a 600E? Simon, if you don't see an option to disable the Trackpoint here, then you can also disable it via the "Thinkpad Configuration" options screen, which provides access to a variety of BIOS-level enabling/disabling from within Windows. Where to find the Thinkpad Configuration options depends on which version you are running, but generally it will be in the Access IBM or Thinkvantage folder in your Start Menu. Once you disable it via the Thinkpad Configuration menu, then I think it will remain disabled in other operating systems as well, because this is actually a BIOS-level disable, not simply marking it as disabled in the Windows device manager. In fact, on a 600E, you can actually use a special DOS program to do this -- in conjunction with a DOS boot disk. I'm not sure if there is a way to access this feature directly via Linux after the OS has loaded. Lastly, there is a BIOS CMOS hack that you can do that will override everything and force the trackpoint to be undetected by your hardware before it gets through the BIOS-level boot operations. This CMOS hack is really only necessary if you have a faulty Trackpoint that is throwing up an error when you try to boot and the error is preventing you from even booting up. But here is a link to an explanation of it nevertheless: http://www.kawakami-ca.com/ibm_600x/disable_trackpoint/ Phil. _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
