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Scripts for Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (or similar distributions) on Lenovo ThinkPads (tested on X1 Carbon 2nd Generation).

Script Descriptions

Touchpad Scripts

The touchpad scripts allow for emulating three trackpad buttons which do not exist on many 2014 series ThinkPads (see http://askubuntu.com/q/443642 for pictures). Moreover, the touchpad scripts disable movements for part of the touchpad (only possible with trackpad-fix.sh) or the complete touchpad (possible with trackpad-fix.sh or libinput-disable-touchpad-movements.sh) to prevent accidental pointer movements. Disabling the touchpad mouse pointer is useful if the TrackPoint is supposed to be the only mouse pointer device.

• On Ubuntu 14.04, use trackpad-fix.sh.
• On Ubuntu 15.10/16.04, please install the package xserver-xorg-input-libinput and then execute libinput-disable-touchpad-movements.sh. Do not execute trackpad-fix.sh. Script libinput-disable-touchpad-movements.sh will fetch the sources of libinput, patch them, build a .deb package, and install it. Make sure to have the Ubuntu source repositories enabled. The script will also install some packages that are needed to build the package from source. If the script fails due to a missing package dependency, install the dependency, remove the folder tmp-libinput, and run libinput-disable-touchpad-movements.sh again.

TrackPoint Acceleration

To accelerate your TrackPoint, consider calling one of the following scripts from ~/.xprofile.

• trackpoint-fast.sh: For Ubuntu 14.04.
• trackpoint-fast-libinput.sh: For Ubuntu 15.10/16.04. Please install the package xserver-xorg-input-libinput.