[ltp] Thinkpad R61 ALPS-pad and trackpointer undetected

[Sébastien Mazy]

Yes, it has always been "usable", but far from being as comfortable as
under windows (or with the thinkpad linux driver I guess). For
instance, no press_to_select and above all that impression that the
cursor is jumping over pixels at low speed, whatever the setting
chosen for acceleration or sensitivity.

I bought a thinkpad for its trackpoint and excellent linux support. I
wonder whether Lenovo screwed T61 buyers with that "new" trackpoint...
seems not :
http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/Etch_on_Thinkpad_T61.html#Trackpoin=
t

I hope Lenovo know why they made such a difference. Anyway, many
thanks for the work you've done to make the ALPS touchpad working.

Sébastien

2007/10/9, Christian Birchinger <joker@netswarm.net>:
> On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 01:21:41PM +0200, Sébastien Mazy wrote:
> > 2007/10/8, Christian Birchinger <joker@netswarm.net>:
> > > > > > My Thinkpad R61 has an ALPS pad and a trackpointer (UltraNav). =
The
> > > > > > devices only get detected as generic PS/2 mouse though.
> > > >
> > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8864
> > >
> > If I understand the last comment on bugzilla, this patch only solves
> > the touchpad issue, right ?
>
> No, the Trackpointer is usable. It's just not possible to have
> any special configuration for it other than generic mouse
> options. It has dedicated mouseX and eventX devices so you can
> have your special xorg.conf section for it. However, theres no
> special hardware config like sensitivity etc.
>
> Christian
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