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trackpoint and linux mint
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mattdocs12345
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trackpoint and linux mint
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
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
I don't use Linux Mint, but the following information should be helpful.
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_co ... TrackPoint
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_co ... TrackPoint
DKB
Re: trackpoint and linux mint
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.
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Re: trackpoint and linux mint
It's actually pretty easy to do.
If you have a trackpoint and touchpad:
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:
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!
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
If you only have a trackpoint and/or you have the touchpad disabled in the bios:
Code: Select all
cd /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1
sudo su
echo 255 > speed
echo 255 > sensitivity
http://askubuntu.com/questions/137528/u ... trackpoint
Hope this helps!
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Re: trackpoint and linux mint
how about press to select, possible?
Re: trackpoint and linux mint
Yes, possible...I asked the same thing a while back. Here is the answer:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... ck#p644147
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... ck#p644147
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Re: trackpoint and linux mint
Tnx Neil, done with
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echo -n 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/press_to_select
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