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 Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier "Configured Mouse"
  Driver "mouse"
  Option "CorePointer"
  Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"		 Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
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  #Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"		  #Comment this line out
 #Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
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  #add those three lines
  Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
  Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
  Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
 EndSection		  #add those three lines
 Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
 Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
 Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
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attachment:trackpoint.jpg

On most thinkpad, you need to modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf to enable scrolling with the trackpoint.

Trackpoint on Lenny

In /etc/X11/xorg.conf, find the section named "Configured Mouse", then follow the instruction : 

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"

        #add those three lines
        Option          "EmulateWheel"          "true"
        Option          "EmulateWheelTimeOut"   "200"
        Option          "EmulateWheelButton"    "2"
EndSection

Trackpoint on Etch

In /etc/X11/xorg.conf, find the section named "Configured Mouse", then follow the instruction : 

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"               "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "Protocol"             "ImPS/2"

        #Comment this line out
        #Option          "Emulate3Buttons"      "true"

        #add those three lines
        Option          "EmulateWheel"          "true"
        Option          "EmulateWheelTimeOut"   "200"
        Option          "EmulateWheelButton"    "2"
EndSection

Device identification

Device is a "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint":

  • dmidecode -t 21 reports 

    Built-in Pointing Device
        Type: Track Point
        Interface: PS/2
        Buttons: 3
  • /proc/bus/input/devices contains: {{{I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=000a Version=0000

N: Name="TPPS/2 IBM ?TrackPoint" P: Phys=synaptics-pt/serio0/input0 S: Sysfs=/class/input/input12 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=mouse2 event12 B: EV=7 B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B: REL=3 }}}

See Also