Public bug reported: Bug observed in kernel 2.6.24-19-rt (ubuntu hardy).
Due to a known bug, it is impossible to have all the trackpoint features of an ALPS trackpoint/touchpad device available when the touchpad is enabled. Therefore I recently disabled the touchpad of my Thinkpad R61i in bios in order to be able to enable the "press to select" feature of the trackpoint, using (as root of course): echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/press_to_select The first time I did this it worked fine and I was able to use the press to select feature. However I then had to reboot, after which I could not repeat this command. I then rebooted again, but the same thing happened. The error message I have been getting is bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument I even tried doing "echo 0 > ..." (0 being the value already stored in press_to_select) but I got the same error message. What ought to happen of course is that you should be able to toggle press-to-select on or off using echo or equivalent. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- "write error" while trying to set ALPS trackpoint "press to select" parameter on Thinkpad R61i https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262995 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs