yes and no. The problem is that the drivers for the laptop were all implemented only at the GUI level. Basically, toshiba requires you to have their crappy software up and running in order for the computer to work. The solution, in my case, was to run vista, the OS that the laptop came with, much to my chagrin, because they don't make comparable drivers for XP. That may solve your problem. You could also try just taping the wheel, but I don't think that'll work that well. On a side note, the volume wheel does not function but does not cause a system crash either in most Linux distros