Linux Wacom Tablet Project

Hey all,
I have an older Intuos2 XD-0608-U with the standard sylus/eraser and mouse input devices. My wacom mouse runs in relative mode as the default. I want my stylus and erase to run relative too. They are always running as absolute. I have set their mode as "Relative" in xorg.conf but that still doesn't matter. I even try setting it with wacomcpl and it doesn't take effect. There is was possible cravat. I don't have my wacom table input devices as the CorePointers. I can't set them up like that. The machine I use it on is a laptop and for the most part I don't have the wacom connected. If don't have all corePointers connected at the start of X, X will not start. I also run an xdm, kdm to be exact, so having multiple xorg configs is not an easy task. Any ideas?