Touchpad disabled on T61p (opensuse 11)

The problem is like this:
The touchpad works well in the login screen, but it won’t work after you log in to the system. Well, I would say it is partially disabled because the button still works and I may also use the right area to scroll, but I failed to use the track function. However, the track point and my mouse works well. I am really confused about this.
Of course I tried to enable the touchpad in the control panel, and I also tried to configure the xorg.conf, and adding the touch pad as a new device, but it does not work either.

The following is a part of my xorg.conf:

InputDevices “/dev/gpmdata”
InputDevices “/dev/input/mice”

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “synaptics”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “5”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Emulate3Buttons” “on”
Option “HorizScrollDelta” “0”
Option “InputFashion” “Mouse”
Option “Name” “Synaptics;Touchpad”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “SHMConfig” “on”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[3]”
Option “Buttons” “5”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “EmulateWheel” “on”
Option “EmulateWheelButton” “2”
Option “InputFashion” “Mouse”
Option “Name” “IBM;TPPS/2 TrackPoint”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

Anyone has any idea about how to solve this problem?
Thanks a lot!

I had the exact some problem on a T61p. It ended up being a problem with the driver on my nvidia card (I know, random, but that’s what it was). Make sure your video card driver is up to date.

Have you tried Thinkpad Fn-F8: Toggle Touchpad Example - openSUSE Forums ?

Hey!

I have the same problem on ASUS A9T laptop… Touchpad stopped working - maybe I did sth because I fiddled around with settings a bit, dunno… Buttons and slide function works, just can’t move the cursor. USB mice works just fine. Everything is on in Control Center and Yast.

Help appreciated! :wink: