https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Twicker&feedformat=atomThinkWiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T21:23:55ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.12https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:How_to_configure_the_TrackPoint&diff=34207Talk:How to configure the TrackPoint2007-10-31T13:06:22Z<p>Twicker: </p>
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<div>==== /sys-configuration files ====<br />
where can i find documentation of the other files (thresh, upthresh, skipback, reach, inertia...)? [[User:Blerp|Blerp]] 01:01, 9 March 2007 (CET)<br />
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==== shifting /sys-paths ====<br />
2007-03-13<br />
On my Thinkpad R60 with kernel 2.6.20, the path is {{path|/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2}}.<br />
<br />
On {{Fedora}} 5, with kernels 2.6.15 and forward, the path does not include <br />
{{path|serio2}}; it stops at {{path|serio0}}. <br />
<br />
Same thing on a {{Ubuntu}} Dapper install on an {{X31}}, again with kernel 2.6.15 (maybe that's the reason? [[User:Piccobello|Piccobello]] 17:02, 26 November 2006 (CET)).<br />
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2006-07-18<br />
On {{Fedora}} 5, with kernels 2.6.16 and forward, the path is {{path|/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2}}<br />
<br />
2005-11-07<br />
OpenSuSE 10.0 has a kernel based on 2.6.13 (probably heavily patched), but the directory /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2 does not exist.<br />
instead, it looks like this:<br />
hoppetosse:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0 # ls -l<br />
total 0<br />
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 bind_mode<br />
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 bus -> ../../../../bus/serio<br />
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 description<br />
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 driver -> ../../../../bus/serio/drivers/psmouse<br />
--w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 drvctl<br />
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 id<br />
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 modalias<br />
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 power<br />
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 protocol<br />
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 rate<br />
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 resetafter<br />
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 resolution<br />
"description" says it's an "i8042 Aux Port". The page [[Patch to enable advanced trackpoint configuration]] seems to imply that a kernel patch is needed in order to get those features... this needs clarification.<br />
hmm. where can i find out whether "drvctrl" is what i'm looking for and what options it takes? guess it's back to RTFS...<br />
<br />
2005-10-06<br />
It seems that new version of the patch ( 2.6.12 at least ), the press to select entry in /sys is named "press_to_select" and not "ptson". I changed the page accordingly so that it complies with the [[Patch to enable advanced trackpoint configuration]] page.<br />
If you use an older version try :<br />
<br />
====Press to Select====<br />
Press to Select allows you to tap the control stick which will simulate a left click. You can enable this feature by typing the following in to a terminal (you may need to be root):<br />
<br />
:{{cmdroot|echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/ptson}}<br />
<br />
Press to Select should now be enabled. You can disable it in a similar manner:<br />
<br />
:{{cmdroot|echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/ptson}}<br />
<br />
Where do I have to put this script (which should automate this), so that it is executed on startup (I have kubuntu (feisty) runing)? Samba<br />
<br />
==== No mouse in {{Fedora}} Core 6 ====<br />
FC6 makes an X11/xorg.conf file with no mouse section, so it's not clear how to make the TrackPoint work for scrolling. Any ideas? --[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] 17:36, 4 December 2006 (CET)<br />
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==== TrackPoint scrolling inverted in Firefox ====<br />
Running Ubuntu Feisty, Firefox 2.0.0.3, I edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf like described in the article and set mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action = 0; in Firefox.<br />
Scrolling works perfectly in other applications. Up-Down scrolling in Firefox, too, but right-left is inverted (only in Firefox). Does anybody have an idea why this could be? [[User:Tec|Tec]] 11:15, 30 March 2007 (CEST)<br />
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Yes: you have to configure mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.numlines as well. I have the value set to 1, but you may need to set it to -1.<br />
There is also a mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.sysnumlines setting, which you must set to false. --[[User:RichardNeill|RichardNeill]] 03:22, 4 April 2007 (CEST)<br />
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Thanks a lot. mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.sysnumlines was set to false correctly, but mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.numlines was set to -1 as a standard setting. Switched to 1 and it works perfectly :-) BTW, is there a good explanation available in the net, what all those parameters of about:config mean? I searched for it and didn't find anything :-( [[User:Tec|Tec]]<br />
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==== Sensitivity and Speed settings under Gutsy Gibbon ====<br />
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Sensitivity and speed value editing seem broken in gutsy.<br />
Its no writeable even as root. Tools like configure-trackpoint do not start arguing a lack of root tights.</div>Twickerhttps://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:How_to_configure_the_TrackPoint&diff=34206Talk:How to configure the TrackPoint2007-10-31T13:04:54Z<p>Twicker: &lt;newsectionsummary&gt; Sensitivity and speed broken in gutsy</p>
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<div>==== /sys-configuration files ====<br />
where can i find documentation of the other files (thresh, upthresh, skipback, reach, inertia...)? [[User:Blerp|Blerp]] 01:01, 9 March 2007 (CET)<br />
<br />
==== shifting /sys-paths ====<br />
2007-03-13<br />
On my Thinkpad R60 with kernel 2.6.20, the path is {{path|/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2}}.<br />
<br />
On {{Fedora}} 5, with kernels 2.6.15 and forward, the path does not include <br />
{{path|serio2}}; it stops at {{path|serio0}}. <br />
<br />
Same thing on a {{Ubuntu}} Dapper install on an {{X31}}, again with kernel 2.6.15 (maybe that's the reason? [[User:Piccobello|Piccobello]] 17:02, 26 November 2006 (CET)).<br />
<br />
2006-07-18<br />
On {{Fedora}} 5, with kernels 2.6.16 and forward, the path is {{path|/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2}}<br />
<br />
2005-11-07<br />
OpenSuSE 10.0 has a kernel based on 2.6.13 (probably heavily patched), but the directory /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2 does not exist.<br />
instead, it looks like this:<br />
hoppetosse:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0 # ls -l<br />
total 0<br />
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 bind_mode<br />
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 bus -> ../../../../bus/serio<br />
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 description<br />
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 driver -> ../../../../bus/serio/drivers/psmouse<br />
--w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 drvctl<br />
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 id<br />
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 modalias<br />
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 power<br />
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 protocol<br />
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 rate<br />
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 resetafter<br />
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 resolution<br />
"description" says it's an "i8042 Aux Port". The page [[Patch to enable advanced trackpoint configuration]] seems to imply that a kernel patch is needed in order to get those features... this needs clarification.<br />
hmm. where can i find out whether "drvctrl" is what i'm looking for and what options it takes? guess it's back to RTFS...<br />
<br />
2005-10-06<br />
It seems that new version of the patch ( 2.6.12 at least ), the press to select entry in /sys is named "press_to_select" and not "ptson". I changed the page accordingly so that it complies with the [[Patch to enable advanced trackpoint configuration]] page.<br />
If you use an older version try :<br />
<br />
====Press to Select====<br />
Press to Select allows you to tap the control stick which will simulate a left click. You can enable this feature by typing the following in to a terminal (you may need to be root):<br />
<br />
:{{cmdroot|echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/ptson}}<br />
<br />
Press to Select should now be enabled. You can disable it in a similar manner:<br />
<br />
:{{cmdroot|echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/ptson}}<br />
<br />
Where do I have to put this script (which should automate this), so that it is executed on startup (I have kubuntu (feisty) runing)? Samba<br />
<br />
==== No mouse in {{Fedora}} Core 6 ====<br />
FC6 makes an X11/xorg.conf file with no mouse section, so it's not clear how to make the TrackPoint work for scrolling. Any ideas? --[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] 17:36, 4 December 2006 (CET)<br />
<br />
==== TrackPoint scrolling inverted in Firefox ====<br />
Running Ubuntu Feisty, Firefox 2.0.0.3, I edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf like described in the article and set mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action = 0; in Firefox.<br />
Scrolling works perfectly in other applications. Up-Down scrolling in Firefox, too, but right-left is inverted (only in Firefox). Does anybody have an idea why this could be? [[User:Tec|Tec]] 11:15, 30 March 2007 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Yes: you have to configure mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.numlines as well. I have the value set to 1, but you may need to set it to -1.<br />
There is also a mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.sysnumlines setting, which you must set to false. --[[User:RichardNeill|RichardNeill]] 03:22, 4 April 2007 (CEST)<br />
<br />
Thanks a lot. mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.sysnumlines was set to false correctly, but mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.numlines was set to -1 as a standard setting. Switched to 1 and it works perfectly :-) BTW, is there a good explanation available in the net, what all those parameters of about:config mean? I searched for it and didn't find anything :-( [[User:Tec|Tec]]<br />
<br />
&lt;newsectionheaderdefaultlevel&gt;<br />
<br />
Sensitivity and speed value editing seem broken in gutsy.<br />
Its no writeable even as root.</div>Twicker