I got this nifty little keyboard with a trackpoint. The problem is
scrolling, I can't do it. I believe the Xorg driver supports scrolling
when the middle mouse button is pressed, unfortunately I don't have one.

Can it be configured so that a modifier (alt maybe) key will enable
scrolling with the trackpoint?


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On 2008-06-28, Mark Healey <die@spammer.die> wrote:
>
>
>
> I got this nifty little keyboard with a trackpoint. The problem is
> scrolling, I can't do it. I believe the Xorg driver supports scrolling
> when the middle mouse button is pressed, unfortunately I don't have one.
>
> Can it be configured so that a modifier (alt maybe) key will enable
> scrolling with the trackpoint?
>

Press the left and right buttons together if "Emulate3Buttons" is
enabled in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Or use the scrollbar.

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:35:47 +0000, Bill Marcum wrote:

> On 2008-06-28, Mark Healey <die@spammer.die> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I got this nifty little keyboard with a trackpoint. The problem is
>> scrolling, I can't do it. I believe the Xorg driver supports scrolling
>> when the middle mouse button is pressed, unfortunately I don't have
>> one.
>>
>> Can it be configured so that a modifier (alt maybe) key will enable
>> scrolling with the trackpoint?
>>
>>
> Press the left and right buttons together if "Emulate3Buttons" is
> enabled in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Where in the file to I put it? Here is a copy of mine:

# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "mga"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

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Mark Healey
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In article <pan.2008.07.03.00.26.04@spammer.die>,
Mark Healey <die@spammer.die> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:35:47 +0000, Bill Marcum wrote:
>
> > On 2008-06-28, Mark Healey <die@spammer.die> wrote:
> >>
> >> I got this nifty little keyboard with a trackpoint. The problem is
> >> scrolling, I can't do it. I believe the Xorg driver supports scrolling
> >> when the middle mouse button is pressed, unfortunately I don't have
> >> one.
> >>
> >> Can it be configured so that a modifier (alt maybe) key will enable
> >> scrolling with the trackpoint?
> >>
> > Press the left and right buttons together if "Emulate3Buttons" is
> > enabled in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
>
> Where in the file to I put it? Here is a copy of mine:
>
[snip]

In mine, there's a part that looks like

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "ExpertMouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Buttons" "6"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" <--
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 5"
EndSection

Except yours needs to be "yes".

BTW, I haven't heard of that method of scrolling, but then again I've
never had a reason to look.

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