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The TrackPoint itself works fine. But the three buttons below the spacebar don't. For example if I were to copy these lines, 1-10, using trackpoint buttons it'd start highlighting at 7. If I use the main TrackPad (the part every laptop) and it's buttons it works normal, 1-10:

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It's like the button doesn't register right away. I use the TrackPoint ALL the time. I love it and I don't think I can go back to the normal TrackPad, so is there anyway to fix this? An app or setting?

Also, the middle button to scroll isn't working at all I tried:

Middle Button on ThinkPad Not Working with 10.10 update

And put it in /usr/share/... and /usr/lib... neither seem to work. They USED to work. I used to be able to use that method of fixing it, but it seems in 11.04 this doesnt work?

I dont wanna give up on Ubuntu yet...

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  • Which ThinkPad do you have? On my T510 both works fine: selecting 1-10 and wheele emulation (enabled using gpointing-device-settings).
    – htorque
    May 15, 2011 at 19:19
  • I can confirm that everything work on my T410 as well. I used the manual method where we create a file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ as for the selection it also works for me. I understand you concern though, I cannot imagine living without my trackpoint! Do you have another distro installed where you can check if this is a problem with the hardware?
    – Noz
    May 15, 2011 at 19:58
  • I have an L512... Its like pointing devices just doesn't even work or me or something. Ill try one last try... maybe installs of Wubi are different?
    – Oscar Godson
    May 15, 2011 at 21:57
  • WTF. the middle button timeout in the trackpoint settings in gpointing-device-settings was set in the middle and it made my left trackpoint button timeout?
    – Oscar Godson
    May 15, 2011 at 22:01

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Reset to default
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I got this to work.

First off, all the messed up settings were because gpointing-device-settings (or Pointing Devices in Ubuntu app screens) were set to button 4 in the TrackPoint device settings screen, when it should have been button 2. Once I changed it to button 2 all worked well.

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