[bulug] Re: Middle button trackpad scroll Ubuntu 9.10
- From: "Koeris Michael S." <koeris@xxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 15:06:37 -0400
Interesting follow-up I just upgraded to Lucid Lynx and the solution does not
work anymore. file is still there but reboot didn't enable scrolling.
• cd /etc/hal/fdi/policy/
• touch mouse-wheel.fdi
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<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>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
Any ideas? I don't follow the changelog but my guess is HAL has changed.
M
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On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Jimmy C. Chau wrote:
> You're welcome; glad it worked!
>
> Just for future reference, can you tell us which site had the solution
> for you? Was it
> <http://forums.remote-exploit.org/bt4beta-howtos/21788-activate-scrolling-middle-trackpad-button.html>?
>
> -Jimmy
>
> Koeris Michael S. wrote:
>> Jimmy,
>>
>> Worked like a charm. Many thanks!
>>
>> Mike
>>
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>> Applied BioDynamics Lab
>> Boston University
>> tel: +1.617.353.5463
>> fax:+1.617.353.5462
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Jimmy C. Chau wrote:
>>
>>
>>> BTW, in case you're wondering who Hal is, HAL is the new method of
>>> configuring X. (HAL can also do other things, but that's less relevant
>>> here.)
>>>
>>> So basically, HAL's fdi files are the new xorg.conf. See
>>> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Input#Input%20Configuration%20with%20HAL>
>>> for some more information.
>>>
>>> -Jimmy
>>>
>>> Jimmy C. Chau wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> I don't have an X41 myself, so there's no way for me to confirm whether
>>>> any of these work, but perhaps you should try some of the things that
>>>> come up when you perform a Google search for the following terms: hal
>>>> x41 middle scroll. Here's a link to the Google search:
>>>> <http://www.google.com/search?q=hal+x41+middle+scroll>.
>>>>
>>>> The top result seems promising
>>>> (<http://forums.remote-exploit.org/bt4beta-howtos/21788-activate-scrolling-middle-trackpad-button.html>),
>>>> but there are other promising results on that list too.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>> -Jimmy
>>>>
>>>> Koeris Michael S. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently dug out my old thinkpad X41 and installed Ubuntu on it (easy
>>>>> enough). Problem is though the scroll of the middle trackpad button won't
>>>>> work and 9.10 doesn't have a xorg.conf anymore. I know I could write one
>>>>> but then again I don't want to bother with that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
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>>>>> Boston University
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