TrackPoint on Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [SOLVED]

Tycon712 · 2010-07-13 21:31:46

I just recently sent my computer to a repair shop because something was broken on the board and I had everything working as far as keyboard buttons / mouse buttons goes before.
However, when I got it back today, the middle red mouse button (TrackPoint) and the three mouse buttons directly below the space bar are no longer working.
The mouse touchpad and the two buttons below it work, but just not the three buttons below the space bar and the TrackPoint

I have looked over the ArchWiki for T61's at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_Thinkpad_T61 and this did not help me.

Here are the parts of my xorg.conf file that will help you diagnose the problem:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSectionSection "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "Quadro NVS 140M"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "Quadro NVS 140M"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier  "UltraNav Trackpoint"
       Driver      "mouse"
       Option      "CorePointer"
       Option      "Device"              "/dev/input/mice"
       Option      "Protocol"            "ImPS/2"
       Option      "Emulate3Buttons"     "off"
       Option      "EmulateWheel"        "on"
       Option      "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "250"
       Option      "EmulateWheelButton"  "2"
       Option      "YAxisMapping"        "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier  "UltraNav Trackpoint"
       Driver      "mouse"
       Option      "CorePointer"
       Option      "Device"              "/dev/input/mice"
       Option      "Protocol"            "ImPS/2"
       Option      "Emulate3Buttons"     "off"
       Option      "EmulateWheel"        "on"
       Option      "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "250"
       Option      "EmulateWheelButton"  "2"
       Option      "YAxisMapping"        "4 5"
       Option      "XAxisMapping"        "6 7"
       Option      "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Synaptics"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option      "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
    Option      "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

[____@______]$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 140M (rev a1)

Please let me know what you think I can do to get these mouse buttons to work.

Last edited by Tycon712 (2011-02-28 07:14:37)

karol · 2010-07-13 21:49:05

When they did work, what xorg-server were you running? We don't use xorg.conf anymore, you should try setting your devices via udev aand not HAL. The wiki page may be a bit aout of date / incomplete but they do have a link to http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_co … TrackPoint

Last edited by karol (2010-07-13 21:52:49)

parintachin · 2010-07-14 03:22:37

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#InputClasses try the example for the trackpoint work wonderfull with a T60

Tycon712 · 2010-07-16 19:41:34

Although I know quite a bit about Linux, I'm kind of new to Arch Linux, so bear with me
My xorg-server is X11.
I don't think these links solve my problem.
If you use a T61 or many of the other ThinkPad series laptops made by IBM, there are 5 mouse buttons, a touchpad mouse and a red (i guess its called) TrackPoint mouse button.
The red TrackPoint mouse button doesn't work at all and neither do the three mouse buttons directly below the spacebar (above the touchpad mouse).
But, the touchpad mouse and the two buttons below that work.

I looked at the xorg.conf way of setting up the TrackPoint on the link that you gave me karol, but I have similar code that worked for me before, but doesn't work now.
<code>

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "UltraNav Trackpoint"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "250"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

</code>

This is really killing my patience because I loved using the red Trackpoint button instead of using the mouse touchpad.
I'm going to keep testing things.
I appreciate the feedback. Please point me in the right direction, if you know how to fix this.
Thanks

karol · 2010-07-16 20:02:01

Try other methods, e.g. udev. I'm sorry, but I've never used a Thinkpad and I have no idea how to configure it.

Inxsible · 2010-07-16 22:41:50

Install this and try it again

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=27214

Last edited by Inxsible (2010-07-16 22:41:59)

parintachin · 2010-07-17 02:28:23

put this in /etc/X11/xorg.d/trackpoint.conf

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Trackpoint Wheel Emulation"
MatchProduct "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick|Synaptics Inc. Composite TouchPad / TrackPoint|ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint|USB Trackpoint pointing device"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

and restart you x server

whompus · 2010-07-17 12:16:14

Tycon712 wrote:

I just recently sent my computer to a repair shop because something was broken on the board and I had everything working as far as keyboard buttons / mouse buttons goes before.
However, when I got it back today, the middle red mouse button (TrackPoint) and the three mouse buttons directly below the space bar are no longer working.
The mouse touchpad and the two buttons below it work, but just not the three buttons below the space bar and the TrackPoint

This may be a hardware problem as you've already mentioned above something on the board was broken, have you tried using a live cd to see if it works there. The TrackPoint may also be disabled in the BIOS so maybe worth checking. On all my Thinkpads I have never had to configure the TrackPoint they just work as a normal mouse.

Tycon712 · 2011-02-28 07:14:11

The hardware is definitely the problem.
Tried different live cd's and the trackpoint would not work on any.

Haven't been able to access the BIOS, but I don't believe that it is disabled there.
I'll mark this as solved, just to get it out of the way.

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#1 2010-07-13 21:31:46

TrackPoint on Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [SOLVED]

#2 2010-07-13 21:49:05

Re: TrackPoint on Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [SOLVED]

#3 2010-07-14 03:22:37

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#4 2010-07-16 19:41:34

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#5 2010-07-16 20:02:01

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#6 2010-07-16 22:41:50

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#7 2010-07-17 02:28:23

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#8 2010-07-17 12:16:14

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#9 2011-02-28 07:14:11

Re: TrackPoint on Lenovo ThinkPad T61 [SOLVED]

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