Dell Trackpoint Fix

oz, 2018-02-02

Alter Dell laptop trackpoint sensitivity under Linux:

xinput list
xinput list-props 13
xinput set-prop 13 269 1.0
xinput set-prop 13 269 0.8
xinput set-prop 13 269 0.5
xinput set-prop 13 269 0.1
xinput set-prop 13 268 0.5
xinput set-prop 13 268 0.9
xinput list-props 13
xinput set-prop 13 267 0.9
xinput set-prop 13 267 0.1
xinput set-prop 13 267 2.0
xinput set-prop 13 268 2.0
xinput set-prop 13 268 1.0
xinput set-prop 13 269 0.05
xinput set-prop 13 267 3.0
xinput set-prop 13 267 5.0
xinput set-prop 13 268 2.0
xinput set-prop 13 268 1.5
xinput set-prop 13 267 1.0
xinput set-prop 13 267 2.0
xinput set-prop 13 267 3.0
xinput set-prop 13 267 4.0
xinput set-prop 13 268 2.0
xinput list-props 13
xinput set-prop 13 267 2.5
xinput set-prop 13 268 1.0
xinput set-prop 13 269 12.5
xinput set-prop 13 267 5.0
xinput set-prop 13 267 7.0
xinput set-prop 13 268 2.0
xinput set-prop 13 267 10.0
xinput set-prop 13 268 3.0
xinput set-prop 13 268 5.0
xinput set-prop 13 267 15.0
xinput set-prop 13 267 12.0
xinput set-prop 13 267 11.0

# $ xinput list-props 13
# Device 'AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint Stick':
#   Device Enabled (140):   1
#   Coordinate Transformation Matrix (142): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
#   Device Accel Profile (266): 0
#   Device Accel Constant Deceleration (267):   11.000000
#   Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (268):   5.000000
#   Device Accel Velocity Scaling (269):    12.500000
#   Device Product ID (261):    2, 8
#   Device Node (262):  "/dev/input/event6"
#   Evdev Axis Inversion (305): 0, 0
#   Evdev Axes Swap (307):  0
#   Axis Labels (308):  "Rel X" (150), "Rel Y" (151)
#   Button Labels (309):    "Button Left" (143), "Button Middle" (144), "Button Right" (145), "Button Wheel Up" (146), "Button Wheel Down" (147), "Button Horiz Wheel Left" (148), "Button Horiz Wheel Right" (149)
#   Evdev Scrolling Distance (310): 0, 0, 0
#   Evdev Middle Button Emulation (311):    1
#   Evdev Middle Button Timeout (312):  50
#   Evdev Third Button Emulation (313): 0
#   Evdev Third Button Emulation Timeout (314): 1000
#   Evdev Third Button Emulation Button (315):  3
#   Evdev Third Button Emulation Threshold (316):   20
#   Evdev Wheel Emulation (317):    1
#   Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes (318):   6, 7, 4, 5
#   Evdev Wheel Emulation Inertia (319):    10
#   Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout (320):    200
#   Evdev Wheel Emulation Button (321): 2
#   Evdev Drag Lock Buttons (322):  0