[ltp] activating 3 button on a t40p under debian sarge

[Leon Brokken]

Peter B. West wrote:

> Josh Battles wrote:
>
>> honey@gneek.com said:
>>
>>> Hmm.  Do the right and left trackpoint buttons work for you?  Can't
>>> test with anything that uses the trackpoint itself as I removed it,
>>> and it's not at home :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, all 3 buttons for the trackpoint as well as the trackpoint
>> function as
>> they're intended.  Both buttons for the touchpad work too, as does
>> all of the
>> touchpad and the scrolling stripe on the right-hand side of the
>> touchpad.
>>
>>
>>> I could swear as someone else reported that the trackpoint doesn't
>>> work when both trackpoint and touchpad are enabled: just confirmed
>>> they are both set to "Automatic" in the BIOS (v2.11 - a bit older)
>>> and with the previous kernel boot option.  Without the boot option,
>>> the touchpad is erratic.
>>>
>>> Maybe it's a T40 thing.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's possible, because it all works for me.  The only thing I had to
>> do was
>> configure the center button for the trackpoint.
>>
>> If you'd like me to post any config files or whatever, just let me
>> know where
>> they're located and what they're called.
>>
>
> I get the scrolling functionality in Thunderbird *only*.  When I am
> viewing messages in Tbird, and click the middle button, I get a circle
> drawn on the screen with up and down buttons, and if the text is wider
> than my viewing window, left and right.  Any movement of the cursor
> (with the trackpoint - I don't have a touchpad) results in scrolling
> in the direction of movement.  The only mouse options I have set in
> xorg.conf are Protocol and Device.

Same here on T41 with Slackware, except that the scrolling circle thing
works in Firefox too. Maybe in more apps but I haven't really explored
that. All buttons worked out of the box, and after installing synaptics
also the extra features of the touchpad are enable (scrolling on the
side and bottom, tap corners, 2 or 3 finger taps, the whole lot).

Honey:
I upgraded BIOS to the latest, so maybe there's a difference with your
setup?

Cheers, Leon.