rejon.org is Jon Phillips.

Here is a script I made ages ago to enable at startup my thinkpad’s rubber nipple (thinkpoint):

#!/sbin/runscript
#
# This starts the thinkpad thinkpoint so you can select, etc.
#

checkconfig() {
        if [ ! -e /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/press_to_select ] ; then
                eerror "You cannot set the thinkpoint select. Check settings."
                return 1
        fi
}

start()
{
        checkconfig || return 1

        ebegin "Starting Thinkpoint Select"
        echo -n 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/press_to_select
}

stop()
{
        checkconfig || return 1

        ebegin "Stopping Thinkpoint Select"
        echo -n 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/press_to_select
}

I put this script here on gentoo:

/etc/init.d/thinkpoint_select

And, do this to set it to run at startup:

rc-update add thinkpoint_select default

I realease this all under GPL. Hats off to anyone who creates and ebuild for this and posts it into gentoo portage.