[email protected] <> wrote on July 24, 2010 17:03 (EDT): > But something in the BIOS seems to disable the > trackpoint when a usb mouse is plugged in. This is on 600E.
I think that may be a result of the Trackpoint setting in the Thinkpad Configuration options. On a 600 series machine, you have the option of Disable, Enable, or "Auto-Disable". Here is a copy of the Help text from the Thiinkpad Configuration help on my 600X: -----Beginning of selected help text----- "TrackPoint - This option is for enabling or disabling the TrackPoint on the ThinkPad keyboard. Select Enable (some models only) when you are using the TrackPoint only, or when you are using a standard PS/2 mouse attached externally to the PS/2 port. Select Disable when you do not want to use the TrackPoint, but instead use an externally attached mouse on the serial port or a device that is not compatible with the PS/2 mouse such as a scrolling mouse. Select Automatic (some models only) when you want to use the built-in TrackPoint, but then automatically disable TrackPoint when an external mouse is attached. Select Auto-Disable (some models only) when you want to use the built-in TrackPoint, but then automatically disable TrackPoint when an external mouse is attached (the Auto-Disable only occurs at power-on or reboot, so the external mouse is not "hot attachable"). -----End of selected help text----- Phil. _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
