[ltp] Nice settings for trackpoint

[Richard Neill]

Guillermo Juárez wrote:
> I have been tweaking the trackpont in my x60s, but since I have no GUI
> to do it, it takes forever and I don't get a 'nice' config. The cursos
> either moves too fast, too slow, or feels unresponsive.
> 
> Anyone has a good config for this?
> 


I have this in my startup script:
  (you may have to fix line-wraps)

#Set trackpoint sensitivity to highest.
#Requires kernel >= 2.6.14
if [ -f /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/sensitivity ];then
         echo "Making trackpoint more sensitive..."
         sudo sh -c "echo -n 255 > 
/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/sensitivity"       #makes it a very 
light touch. Default: 128
         sudo sh -c "echo -n 100 > 
/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/speed"             #not much effect.
         sudo sh -c "echo -n 3 > 
/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/inertia"             #Tendency to 
"bounce back". Default: 6
else
         echo "Cannot adjust trackpoint; 
/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/sensitivity not found"
fi


Then, play with mouse speed and acceleration within KDE.
   I use acceleration=2 after 4 pixels.


What you DON'T want is  for the hardware sensitivity to be low, and then 
to have lots of mouse acceleration in X.


Best wishes,

Richard