Noob here.

[Seth Hasani]

<quote who="Howard J. Barnett" on Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 12:53:24AM EST>

> Howdy. I'm a complete Linux noob, but xp finally drove me over the edge. I
> figured to start out right and ask for help along the way. So, how would I
> go about installing my Intellipoint trakcball with controll of all the
> buttons? If this is too advanced for me already, I'll understand. But I do
> hate using a standard mouse . Is this even possible? TIA for any insight.
> 
> hb

If everything's not working right out of the box, this involves editing
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Here's a link to someone that solved a similar issue:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-77005.html

Seth