Yeah man, I know dink all about XF86Config goofiness with mice, although you might see if its a common pitfall for your stinkpad over at
www.linux-laptop.net My eraserhead has worked out of the box with all er... 3 or 4 distros that have been on it.
As for the keyboard issue, even less of a clue, the only time I've had to change the keyboard was when I got bored and wanted dvorak.
I recommend using the "edit" feature and changing the title of this thread.
Cheers,
Finegan