I am sorry to say that I've been experiencing the same behavior while trying to configure my ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint (55Y9041) - after I key in that set of xinput commands I get the same error message.
-- Trackpoint settings for wheel emulation in gpointing-device-settings are non-persistent https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508754 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