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| == Trackpoint on Squeeze and later == Thanks to hal and Xorg integration... Create the file {{{/etc/hal/fdi/policy/ibm_trackpoint.fdi}}} containing: {{{#!plain <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- --> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint"> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge> </match> </deviceinfo> }}} |
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| * How to configure the TrackPoint ~-<<BR>> [[http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_configure_the_TrackPoint]]-~ * What’s so good about TrackPoint? ~-<<BR>> [[http://blog.10ninox.com/2007/12/10/whats-so-good-about-trackpoint/]] |
* How to configure the !TrackPoint ~-<<BR>> [[http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_configure_the_TrackPoint]]-~ * What’s so good about !TrackPoint? ~-<<BR>> [[http://blog.10ninox.com/2007/12/10/whats-so-good-about-trackpoint/]] |
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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
Trackpoint on Squeeze and later
Thanks to hal and Xorg integration... Create the file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ibm_trackpoint.fdi containing:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- --> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint"> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge> </match> </deviceinfo>
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
How to configure the TrackPoint
http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_configure_the_TrackPointWhat’s so good about TrackPoint?
http://blog.10ninox.com/2007/12/10/whats-so-good-about-trackpoint/