strange Ultranav problem - trackpoint & touchpad won't wor..

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"carl0s" <carl@noitsnotcss-networks.commy.invalid> wrote in message
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> for some wierd reason my Ultranav isn't working properly on my T41 2373.
> The Ultranav wizard tells me that I have the trackpoint disabled in BIOS,
> but I have them both set to "auto".
>
> If I disable the Touchpad in BIOS, then the trackpoint works.. This
> behaviour also happens in the IBM Predesktop Area, so it's nothing within
> the O/S.
>
> It's almost as though there's a hotkey combination that I don't know
> about.
>
> Can anybody help?
>
> regards,
> Carl

In case anybody Googles this in future - the problem was caused by a bad
Touchpad.
Yep, that's right. Touchpad with tiniest bit of sticky coffee around the
Synaptics IC underneath, caused the Trackpoint not to work unless the
Touchpad was disabled.
I was lucky enough to get hold of an identical machine and found that
replacing my Touchpad with his made my Trackpoint and Touchpad work
simultaneously, a la Ultranav.

I removed my touchpad, and washed underneath with warm water & diswashing
liquid. All working now.