newbie: IBM TP R40 - spastic UltraNav, though USB mouse works fine - RH 9.0

From: Joe Breher (spamblock_at_q-music.com)
Date: 08/29/03

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    I am encountering a frustrating issue on a dual boot (XP & RH 9) system.
        Once again, this is an IBM ThinkPad R40.

    As I recall, during original install of RH 9, the internal pointing
    devices (both stick and touchpad) worked. Upon first boot, however, both
    internal pointing devices stopped working. The cursor can be moved by
    the touchpad, but it keeps snapping back to lower left corner.
    Attempting to use the stick yields mcuh the same results, with the
    addition of what seems to be interpreted as random clicks all over the
    screen - menus come and go, etc.

    This behavior is not only present in X, but also in text tty sessions.
    (OK, no menus popping up in the consoles, but random marking of screen
    regions occurs).

    An external USB mouse works fine. All behaves properly in XP.

    I have been unable to find any info on this - seems that those that have
    similar machines have not encountered this problem.

    Tried updating through Red Hat Network to possibly solve the problem -
    no joy. New kernel, same behavior.

    Can anyone suggest some things to try?

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