Scrolling on laptop using joystick (like in Windows)

redss · 03-11-2011, 02:15 PM

I have a Lenovo laptop that has the following feature in Windows XP: holding down the middle mousepad button while pushing down on the joystick nub will scroll the screen down.

Is there a way to have this feature for when I run Linux on this laptop?

MS3FGX · 03-11-2011, 02:54 PM

I am guessing that you have already tried under Linux, and it didn't work? What happened?

redss · 03-11-2011, 03:02 PM

well, the middle mouse button (below the spacebar on the laptop) has no effect under Linux. I'm running KDE 3. Is there a way to enable what I'm talking about under KDE 3?

justboo2u · 03-12-2011, 05:25 PM

Cannot say for yours, but
I once had an HP that had a 'dedicated' scroll area on the touchpad.
I then got a Toshiba that didnt have one.

I missed it until I had Ubuntu running and realized that, if I have my finger HALFWAY on the right side of the pad it scrolls...
Dont know if it is a function of the PAD or the software, but...

You might wanna try that.

elliott678 · 03-12-2011, 05:59 PM

You need to add these to your xorg.conf under the section for the Trackpoint device.

Code:

    Option		"EmulateWheel"		"true"
    Option		"EmulateWheelButton"	"2"

There may be a way to do it in the KDE Control Center too, but I'm not sure.