Re: deranged mouse behaviour with ibm thinkpad t31
On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:51:53 +0300
andreimpopescu@gmail.com (Andrei Popescu) wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 02:29:46AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
> > I am installing linux on a thinkpad t31. Most things work, but I think that
> > the mouse is setup wrong since after playing with the mouse (it's the red
> > point in the middle of the keyboard, not sure what it's called) for a few
> > seconds to
>
> Trackpoint
>
> > minutes (not consistent) it suddenly goes crazy opening windows,
> > pressing
> > buttons and flying all over the place. To release it I need to let go of the
> > mouse for a couple of seconds and then it goes back to normal until the next
> > time.
>
> It does happen that the trackpoint moves on its own, especially on older
It's not a problem of the trackpoint moving on it's own, it seems to start
misinterpreting the input if it comes to fast for too long or some other
unexpected message from the driver.
> hardware. You can minimise the effect by lowering the sensibility. As
> for opening windows, do you also use it for "clicking"? I don't think
Not that I'm aware of. It looks like in it's insanity it flies around the
screen and clicks on things, as if in the middle of the movement the driver
starts misinterpreting the input and starts sending junk to X. If I let go of
the pointer for about two seconds the problem goes away until the next time
(which can be 10 seconds or a few minutes)
> there is a real cure for that, but you might minimize it if you click
> only using the real buttons. Is the trackpoint replaceable?
>
I don't think it's replacable, how do I disable clicking with the trackpoint?
> Regards,
> Andrei
I read somewhere recently that I may be using the wrong driver and I need to
change ImPS/2 -> PS/2 but it's my dad's laptop so I wasn't around it to try it
yet.
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