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On most Thinkpads, Debian doesn't enable scrolling with the Trackpoint by default. On most !ThinkPads, Debian doesn't enable scrolling with the !TrackPoint by default.
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== Trackpoint scrolling 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 scrolling 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 scrolling on Squeeze and later ==		 == TrackPoint scrolling on Squeeze and later ==
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After installing [[http://live.gnome.org/GPointingDeviceSettings|GPointing Device Settings]] (package {{{gpointing-device-settings}}}), a new option "Pointing devices" appears in the GNOME settings menu. Select "TrackPoint" and check "Use wheel emulation", select "button: 2", and check "Enable vertical scroll" and "Enable horizontal scroll". After installing the DebianPkg:gpointing-device-settings package, a new "Pointing devices" option appears in the GNOME settings menu. Select "!TrackPoint" and check "Use wheel emulation", select "button: 2", and check "Enable vertical scroll" and "Enable horizontal scroll".
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Install package {{{xinput}}} and run the following commands: Install the DebianPkg:xinput package and run the following commands:
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== TrackPoint scrolling 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
}}}
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 * What’s so good about !TrackPoint? ~-<<BR>> [[http://blog.10ninox.com/2007/12/10/whats-so-good-about-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 ThinkPads, Debian doesn't enable scrolling with the TrackPoint by default.

TrackPoint scrolling on Squeeze and later

GNOME

After installing the gpointing-device-settings package, a new "Pointing devices" option appears in the GNOME settings menu. Select "TrackPoint" and check "Use wheel emulation", select "button: 2", and check "Enable vertical scroll" and "Enable horizontal scroll".

xinput

Install the xinput package and run the following commands: 

$ xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation" 8 1
$ xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation Button" 8 2
$ xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes" 8 6 7 4 5

hal and Xorg integration

(Note that HAL is deprecated and not installed by default on Squeeze.)

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>

TrackPoint scrolling 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

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