Ok, I've committed a snippet to git that is basically what Jens proposed in comment #8. Enabling middlemouse emulation will do as a workaround for the drag issue.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/554984 Title: [lucid] enable trackpoint scroll emulation by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/554984/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs