On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > I see. Without going into detail (who really cares about Windows?) the > > above still wouldn't help if you switch between the touchpad and a > > number of connected deviced like mouse, graphics tablet and... let's > > say you have another knobbly-pointy-thingy in your keyboard like HP > > (used to?) have? > > My ThinkPad Z60m has that knobbly thing too, called a TrackPoint, > though I don't really use it myself (I use the touch pad.) I think > most ThinkPads include it as a distinguishing feature (and many of the > ThinkPad faithful may prefer it over the touch pad.) I am not sure how > it is exposed to the operating system, maybe just as a PS/2 or USB > mouse. > > It's exposed as a ps/2 mouse, and it is the one true mousing device. ;) First thing I do when I get a new thinkpad is disable the badtouchpad.