[ltp] TrackPoint Driver in 2.6.14

Ben Plaut linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:46:47 -1000


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I'm using a vanilla _ck patchset 2.6.14... how does this help me? does it
finally mean i can have middle-scroll without emulatewheel in xorg?
-Ben

On 11/3/05, Andr=E9 Wyrwa <a.wyrwa@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> James Knott wrote:
> > Vo^ Danh wrote:
> >> 2005/10/30, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com>:
> >>> What does it do, that's not already available? I run SUSE 10 on an R3=
1
> >>> and the TrackPoint works fine, as always.
> >> Maybe you didn't care about how hard you can move the mouse with your
> >> trackpoint. Just try Evanchik's product and explore it.
> >
> > I didn't mention anything about caring. I simply didn't know what it
> > was supposed to do. However, what would interest me, is proper
> > functioning of all the F keys, such as for switching monitors etc.
>
> ibm-acpi will be your friend. To my experience on SUSE 10 it is broken.
> Compiling vanilla 2.6.14 makes it work.
>
> The trackpoint driver enables finetuning of the trackpoint and some
> advanced features.
>
> Andr=E9.
>
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I'm using a vanilla _ck patchset 2.6.14... how does this help me? does it f=
inally mean i can have middle-scroll without emulatewheel in xorg?<br>-Ben<=
br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 11/3/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sende=
rname">
Andr=E9 Wyrwa</b> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:a.wyrwa@gmx.de">a.wyrwa@gmx.de</a>&=
gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1p=
x solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">=
James Knott wrote:
<br>&gt; Vo^ Danh wrote:<br>&gt;&gt; 2005/10/30, James Knott &lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:james.knott@rogers.com">james.knott@rogers.com</a>&gt;:<br>&gt;&gt;=
&gt; What does it do, that's not already available?&nbsp;&nbsp;I run SUSE 1=
0 on an R31
<br>&gt;&gt;&gt; and the TrackPoint works fine, as always.<br>&gt;&gt; Mayb=
e you didn't care about how hard you can move the mouse with your<br>&gt;&g=
t; trackpoint. Just try Evanchik's product and explore it.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; =
I didn't mention anything about caring.&nbsp;&nbsp;I simply didn't know wha=
t it
<br>&gt; was supposed to do.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, what would interest me, is=
 proper<br>&gt; functioning of all the F keys, such as for switching monito=
rs etc.<br><br>ibm-acpi will be your friend. To my experience on SUSE 10 it=
 is broken.
<br>Compiling vanilla 2.6.14 makes it work.<br><br>The trackpoint driver en=
ables finetuning of the trackpoint and some<br>advanced features.<br><br>An=
dr=E9.<br><br>--<br>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:<br><a =
href=3D"http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad">
http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a><br></=
blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Ben Plaut<br><a href=3D"m=
ailto:bplaut@gmail.com">bplaut@gmail.com</a>=20

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