On Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 3:25:24 PM UTC+2, Taha Ahmed wrote:
> Just in case this might benefit someone else.
>
> The installation of Qubes OS proceeded without any hiccups, and the
> Trackpoint along with its hardware buttons actually worked during the
> installation.
>
> But when Qubes OS itself started, the Trackpoint and its hardware buttons did
> not respond. The mousepad still worked, although clicking required
> hard-pressing ("touch"-clicking on the mousepad did not work).
>
> Playing around with the "Mouse and Touchpad" settings in System Tools had no
> effect.
STRIKE THAT. Tapping to click actually works out of the box.
>
> I found a published work-around in a previous thread on this forum which has
> fixed the trackpoint and its hardware buttons. But "touch"-clicking on the
> mousepad is still an isue.
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/qmLogolyUdU/4D7vyINLBgAJ
>
> Created the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-trackpoint.conf with these contents:
>
> Section "InputClass"
> Identifier "trackpoint catchall"
> MatchIsPointer "true"
> MatchProduct "TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick"
> MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
> Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
> Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
> Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> If anyone knows of a way to get the mousepad to also register touches, that
> would be great.
I was too fast to post. The mousepad "touch" to click operation works by simply
enabling it in Settings (I must have missed the second tab).
Issue solved then.
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