Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@floriandejonckheere
Created July 25, 2015 09:32
Show Gist options
  • Save floriandejonckheere/4359f0b30496acfa9d0d to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save floriandejonckheere/4359f0b30496acfa9d0d to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
X Server config for permanent ThinkPad trackpoint scrolling
# Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
# to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
# InputClass.
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
# it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
# Additional options may be added in the form of
# Option "OptionName" "value"
#
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "off"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "off"
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1"
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "on"
Option "CircularScrolling" "off"
Option "CoastingSpeed" "4"
Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "55"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "105"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "105"
Option "PalmDetect" "0"
Option "PalmMinWidth" "10"
# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:
# http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchOS "Linux"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
Option "Ignore" "on"
EndSection
# This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on
# non-synaptics clickpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
MatchDriver "synaptics"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
# This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads"
MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974"
MatchDriver "synaptics"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Trackpoint Wheel Emulation"
MatchProduct "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
Option "EmulateWheelButton" "0" # Catchall, trackpoint will scroll permanently
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment