[ltp] Re: trackpoint sensible

William Dode linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:22:52 +0000 (UTC)


On 13-09-2005, Richard Neill wrote:
>
>
> William Dode wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Some times the cursor continue to move when i release the trackpoint,
>> slowly and not far. I would like to change the sensibility of the
>> trackpoint on X.
>
> This is normal behaviour for the trackpoint - it re-calibrates all the 
> time. The trick is not to rest your finger on the trackpoint when you 
> aren't trying to move it. If you do reduce the sensitivity, this problem 
> will go away, but you'll have to push it very hard.

Thanks, it's exactly this, and now i understand why it was going
everytime on the left. Because it's my right finger who was sleeping on
it ! Maybe also because i choose the highest button.

>
> As for your actual question, I think that under the 2.6 kernel, you have 
> to recompile with a patch, but the 2.4 kernel can just use tp4d in 
> user-space.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard


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