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trackpoint and linux mint

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:19 pm
by mattdocs12345
Hi,
How do I adjust acceleration and sensitivity of my trackpoint on linux mint? I am a beginner on linux (although quite advance on windows).
Matt

Re: trackpoint and linux mint

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:33 am
by GomJabbar
I don't use Linux Mint, but the following information should be helpful.

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_co ... TrackPoint

Re: trackpoint and linux mint

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:21 pm
by ZaZ
I used Ubuntu, which Mint is based on, on my R60e. I believe there are tweaks you can make in the settings for the stick sensitivity. I thought it worked well out of the box.

Re: trackpoint and linux mint

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:10 am
by mrj47
It's actually pretty easy to do.

If you have a trackpoint and touchpad:

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cd /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2
sudo su
echo 255 > speed
echo 255 > sensitivity
255 is the max value for speed/sensitivity, feel free to experiment with that number.

If you only have a trackpoint and/or you have the touchpad disabled in the bios:

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cd /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1
sudo su
echo 255 > speed
echo 255 > sensitivity
If your settings do not persist across reboots, you can write a script to set that configuation:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/137528/u ... trackpoint

Hope this helps!

Re: trackpoint and linux mint

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:04 am
by uros
how about press to select, possible?

Re: trackpoint and linux mint

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:07 pm
by Neil
Yes, possible...I asked the same thing a while back. Here is the answer:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... ck#p644147

Re: trackpoint and linux mint

Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 1:40 pm
by uros
Tnx Neil, done with

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echo -n 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/press_to_select