Difference between revisions of "Installing Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) on a ThinkPad T43p"
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*'''Wireless''' | *'''Wireless''' | ||
− | *'''Sound''' from speakers and headphoenes. Note that | + | *'''Sound''' from speakers and headphoenes. Note that no notification is displayed when adjusting volume because of [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotkey-setup/+bug/357673 this bug] |
*'''TrackPoint''' | *'''TrackPoint''' | ||
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==Items that may require tweaking== | ==Items that may require tweaking== | ||
+ | ===Vertical scrolling by Trackpoint's middle-button=== | ||
+ | In Ubuntu clicking the Trackpoint's middle-button pastes instead of scrolling vertically. To fix this, vertical scrolling must be enabled and paste by middle-button must be disabled the for the TrackPoint. Create "mouse-wheel.fdi" in "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/" using something like... | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | sudo gedit "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi" | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | ...and enter the following into it... | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | <match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint"> | ||
+ | <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge> | ||
+ | <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge> | ||
+ | <merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge> | ||
+ | <merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge> | ||
+ | <merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge> | ||
+ | <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge> | ||
+ | </match> | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
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[[Category:T43p]] | [[Category:T43p]] | ||
[[Category:Ubuntu 9.04]] | [[Category:Ubuntu 9.04]] |
Revision as of 00:25, 20 September 2009
Items that work out of the box
- Hibernation
- Wireless
- Sound from speakers and headphoenes. Note that no notification is displayed when adjusting volume because of this bug
- TrackPoint
- TouchPad
- Volume Buttons
- Fn button
- Screen Brightnesss
- Display Switch
- ThinkLight
- Toggeling Status of wireless radio and bluetooth
- etc
Items that may require tweaking
Vertical scrolling by Trackpoint's middle-button
In Ubuntu clicking the Trackpoint's middle-button pastes instead of scrolling vertically. To fix this, vertical scrolling must be enabled and paste by middle-button must be disabled the for the TrackPoint. Create "mouse-wheel.fdi" in "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/" using something like...
sudo gedit "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/mouse-wheel.fdi"
...and enter the following into it...
<match key="info.product" string="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint"> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge> </match>