[ltp] trackpoint not working properly

[Heiko Rosemann]

Hi,

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:35:45 +0100, Meike Reichle
<mrei0999@rz.uni-hildesheim.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > What do you mean by "clickable"?  If you meant "does pressing down on
> > the Trackpoint generate a button 1 press?", then it probably doesn't.
> > It certainly doesn't on an A22p.  The reasons for this should be
> > obvious since the Trackpoint gets pushed down to some extent under
> > normal usage.
> 
> Hm, makes sense. As I said, stupid question :)

It does work, however. Visit
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~strauman/pers/tp4utils/ and get the
tp4d-daemon running. (found on http://thinkwiki.org/Tools - which also
seems to have a solution for 2.6)

> > Hm.  There may be a kernel parameter you have to pass to have the PS/2
> > device repeat on /dev/input/mice .  I don't know what that is since I'm
> > still using a 2.4 kernel.  psmouse.proto=imps?  I don't really have the
> > resources to test this stuff since I don't have any USB mice or
> > machines with a 2.6 kernel here.
> 
> I am still using a 2.4 Kernel, too. So, I guess I'll just live with it
> for the time being. There's still a bunch of other stuff I'd like to get
> working, so I will be pretty busy anyway.

Found that the "route all mice through /dev/input/mice" is one of the
very convenient changes in 2.6 *g*

HTH, Heiko