I have a ThinkPad I Series model 1161-93U. The trackpoint works under other live CD's including Knoppix 3.9, DSL 3.1 and of WinXP.
It does not work at all under Knoppix 5.1.1.

I did some googling, and found several hits, each one editing xorg.conf to get the TrackPoint to work. I tried several different things without success.

I must admit I do not understand if I'm taking the correct approach or not. Here is a sample of what I changed the xorg.conf file for the mouse.

Code:
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
    Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
    Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
    Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
    Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Mouse2"
    Driver	"mouse"
    Option	"Protocol"	"IMPS/2"
    Option	"Device"	"/dev/input/mouse1"
    Option	"ZAxisMapping"	"4 5"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Mouse2" "AlwaysCore"
    Screen "screen1"
EndSection
I changed the Server area, and the mouse area. When I did an init 5 the xserver would not restart.

At this point I would like to know if I'm taking the correct approach. Am I editing the correct file?

Where can I find information on getting a track point working?

If the track point won't work, is it possible to get a regular two button mouse to work? I did try pluging in a known working 2 button mouse in the PS/2 port ( in works on other systems ) but that doesn't budge the pointer either.