[Solved] How to configure ThinkPad trackpoint in arch?

bredin · 2008-07-22 21:00:49

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_co … TrackPoint
Says how to do it.
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Patch_to_ … figuration
Says that it should be included unless it's removed by the archteam.

I can come this far:
echo -n 120 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/
but then the serio2 folder is missing.

Any ideas?

Package problem in the latest post!

Last edited by bredin (2008-07-29 17:02:25)

vogets · 2008-07-22 21:22:56

You missed a piece of info on the thinkwiki pages:

# With kernels 2.6.19 and above config files for this driver are located in /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1.
# With kernels 2.6.13 (inclusive) to 2.6.19 (exclusive) config files for this driver are located in /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/serio2.

I use the following config on my X61:

echo -n 250 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/sensitivity
echo -n 160 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/speed
echo -n 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/press_to_select
echo -n 4 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/upthresh

bredin · 2008-07-23 04:34:29

Oh..
Still missing sensitivity, speed and so on. The folder exists, but the files doesn't.

How do I get them?

Last edited by bredin (2008-07-23 17:35:34)

loosec · 2008-07-24 06:14:40

You could try as root to do the full

echo -n 128 > /sys/.../sensitivity

command and the file should be created. It's probably a regular textfile.
It's also a good idea to check if the i2c_i801 module is loaded:

lsmod|grep i8
> i2c_i801           9232  0
> i2c_core          19348  1 i2c_i801

and if it's not:

modprobe i2c_core i2c_i801

Thou if it's not loaded I don't think your trackpoint will be working at all.

Last edited by loosec (2008-07-24 06:19:27)

bredin · 2008-07-24 19:42:25

Wii. Thanks. Noticed that you had /sys/.../.../serio1/
And I had speed and senstivity there.

bredin · 2008-07-28 21:18:36

I made a clean install today and installed fluxbox. And now there are no speed, sensitivity files in the serio1 folder.

So I wonder what package contains those files. I mean what to install to get them.

LOL!!! I echoed wrong directory in my rc.local. /sys/device/platform instead of /sys/devices/platform.
So now it works.

Last edited by bredin (2008-07-29 17:02:03)

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[Solved] How to configure ThinkPad trackpoint in arch?

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