pointing stick on dell latitude d600

Hi, after all I installed successfully 9.3 on this machine. Now the problem I have is, that during the install both the touchpad and the stick (the nice thing between the keys on the keyboard) were working, and I was able to use both to move the mouse pointer. But then, after the install, on the first login, the plugger discovered the "right" type of the device - ALPS DualPoint TouchPad - asked for root password to configure it. And after this "configuration" the stick works no more, as well as its buttons. The touchpad itself and its buttons are OK. As I prefer to use the stick, does anyone know a solution for this problem? I have found a similar post on the suse forums for 9.2, but no solution. Cheers Sunny