[ltp] Re: Lenovo ThinkPad USB Keyboard w/ TrackPoint

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Hendrickson <jhendrickson@olp.net> writes:
[ Sorry, can't read html ]

> I purchased the following keyboard last week.
> http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=55Y9003&current-category-id=E9ADAEB6787146E29B78400A33E7FE8A
> I am attempting to adjust the trackpoint sensitivity in Ubuntu 9.04.
> I have a Thinkpad T61 as well, and I can control its Trackpoint
> sensitivity via
> sysfs /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/[sensitivity/speed].
> I would like to control the USB keyboard trackpoint via sysfs as well.
> Can you point me in the right direction?

It looks like a similar keyboard to the ones I have (I have the
ultranav travel keyboards, which seem to be identical except for the
additional touchpad).

Under GNU/Linux, these keyboards just appear by default as generic USB
keyboards and mice.  The ones in your laptop appear as PS/2 instead.
So the PS/2 driver doesn't get to do its thing.  There is preliminary
support for such USB devices at:

   http://jan-steinhoff.de/linux/stick.html


-- Stefan