Bug#1111472: general: Big issues with ThinkPad's Dual Mouse (Trackpad/Trackpoint) setup
Hello,
Personally I install xserver-xorg-input-evdev and
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and remove the
xserver-xorg-input-libinput one. Of course that only works if you are
not using wayland.
I don't know if that can work for you, for me the paste action is
triggered when I release the middle button, but if I start scrolling
then it scrolls and doesn't paste.
WARNING: I AM NOT IN ANY WAY INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY OF
THIS, I AM JUST A THINKPAD OWNER.
Best
Il giorno lun 18 ago 2025 alle ore 13:07 Daniel
<anonymous.duck@icloud.com> ha scritto:
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> Package: general
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: anonymous.duck@icloud.com
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> Dear Maintainer,
>
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> * What led up to the situation?
> Lenovo Thinkpad's are commonly used for Linux installs due to their modular and readily-available parts nature.
> Lenovo Thinkpads (modern ones) have a dual mouse setup, a regular Trackpad and also the Thinkpad Trackpoint (little red nib)
> This causes an insane amount of mouse glitches, including triggering the known bug where the cursor moves on it's own
> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> ineffective)?
> I was forced to disable the trackpad entirely.
> * What was the outcome of this action?
> I now use the Trackpoint to navigate, however it is frustrating to scroll because you have to hold the middle mouse button down-
> to scroll with the trackpoint, but under Debian it triggers a paste action.
> * What outcome did you expect instead?
> Would really like a option to disable middle-click paste (yes you can disable paste selection on middle click, but not the clipboard)
> Would also really like to increase reliability on dual mouse setups (Quite rare- but especially applicable to Thinkpad laptops)
> I may have also been able to disable the trackpoint, but couldn't find this option in the GUI, so disabled the trackpad instead.
> Would be really nice to have both working at once.
>
> So to summarise, this is an issue concerning buggy support for dual-mouse setups that especially effects Lenovo Thinkpad laptops.
>
> Thanks.
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