Since the trackpoint buttons connect through the keyboard cable, that's why they work and the touchpad button doesn't.

I used to live without it in certain applications like Mozilla, but i think i'm being spoiled by Firebird - i want to get easy-scrolling in Firebird! -- ...

The IBM (and now Lenovo) ThinkPad TrackPoint — aka the mouse nub — is one of the more controversial input methods. Love it or hate it, it tried to offer a better, faster way to use a computer ...