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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) | 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) | ||
Revision as of 01:09, 9 March 2007
Contents
/sys-configuration files
where can i find documentation of the other files (thresh, upthresh, skipback, reach, inertia...)? Blerp 01:01, 9 March 2007 (CET)
shifting /sys-paths
On Fedora 5, with kernels 2.6.15 and forward, the path does not include serio2; it stops at serio0.
Same thing on a Ubuntu Dapper install on an X31, again with kernel 2.6.15 (maybe that's the reason? Piccobello 17:02, 26 November 2006 (CET)).
2006-07-18 On Fedora 5, with kernels 2.6.16 and forward, the path is /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2
2005-11-07 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. instead, it looks like this:
hoppetosse:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0 # ls -l total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 bind_mode lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 bus -> ../../../../bus/serio -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 description lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 driver -> ../../../../bus/serio/drivers/psmouse --w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 drvctl drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 id -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 modalias drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 7 18:38 power -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 protocol -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 rate -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 resetafter -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Nov 7 18:38 resolution
"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. 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...
2005-10-06 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. If you use an older version try :
Press to Select
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):
# echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/ptson
Press to Select should now be enabled. You can disable it in a similar manner:
# echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/ptson
No mouse in Fedora Core 6
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? --Whizkid 17:36, 4 December 2006 (CET)
