[ltp] How?: Trackpoint USB keyboard in linux

[Boyan]

Hello,

thanks for the suggestion Rob! Now the Trackpoint mouse
works perfectly, even the 3rd button scroll with the "EmulateWheel" option
in XF86Config. However, it worked only after adding a second InputDevice
mouse[1] with protocol imps/2 in the X configuration file.

The keyboard still has no sign of working, although it seem to be
recognised and reported on the HUB information. USB keyboard is enabled in
the BIOS and at boottime the numlock flashes for a moment. Then when linux
starts it is like dead. I wonder if a similar trick of adding a 2nd
InputDevice keyboard[1] in XF86Config would work? The problem is I do not
know what Protocol to use for the USB keyboard and what Option "XkbModel"
and Option "Device"?

Regards,
Boyan



On 30 Oct 2002, Rob Mayoff wrote:

> +---------- On Oct 30, Boyan said:
> > Neither mouse, nor keyboard are working. I tried to configure anew the
> > input devices with Sax but to no avail, whatever options I tried. I hope
> > some of you may have used this thinkpad like keyboard and give me a hint
> > how to run it.
>
> You need to load these modules:
>
>     usbcore
>     usb-uhci
>     input
>     hid
>     keybdev
>     mousedev
>
> The keyboard part will automatically work if you have the right modules
> loaded. To make the mouse (trackpoint) work in X, you have to tell X to
> use it. Try this:
>
> <http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_single/XFree86-Second-Mouse.html>
>
> If you keep mousedev (and the modules it depends on) loaded all the
> time, then /dev/input/mice will exist even when you don't have any USB
> devices plugged in.  This means that X will be able to use the same
> configuration regardless of whether you have a USB mouse attached.
>
>
>