Getting the ThinkPad scroll button to work in Linux - Overclock.net

endo · 11-08-07

im posting this because i like to post random helpful information.

Quote:

Lenovo/IBM ThinkPads have 3 mouse buttons. You can configure the middle button so that when you hold it down and move the trackpoint (aka: the nub) the screen scrolls up and down.

The place where this is configured is in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. This file is used to configure your X server in Linux. It ties together your pointing device, keyboard, monitor and graphics card.

Open up this file with your favorite text editor and find the section in the file that describes you trackpoint. Configure it so it looks something like this:

Code:

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “5″
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2″
#add the following lines
Option “Emulate3Buttons” “on”
Option “Emulate3TimeOut” “50″
Option “EmulateWheel” “on”
Option “EmulateWheelTimeOut” “200″
Option “EmulateWheelButton” “2″
#end
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5″
EndSection

You can now restart X and utilize the new scrolling feature

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Wolfblood · 11-08-07

hmm odd,mine worked right off the bat,well it was with ubbuntu and of course thats linux easy mode

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