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udev rule (put it in /etc/udev/rules.d/) to make trackpoint more sensitive and speedy
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10-trackpoint.rules
### default values: sensitivity=128, speed=97
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTR{name}=="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint", ATTR{device/sensitivity}="196", ATTR{device/speed}="255"
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przemoc commented Dec 13, 2015

Tested on my ThinkPad T430 (2344-56G) w/ Debian jessie (8.2).

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vahdani commented Aug 30, 2016

Thanks. Also worked on my ThinkPad T450s w/ Debian Jessie (8.5).

@ashleylester
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Works on T420 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

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ValdikSS commented Jan 9, 2018

Not working with modern systemd and libinput.
Use the following:

/etc/udev/hwdb.d/71-pointingstick-local.hwdb

evdev:name:TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint:dmi:bvn*:bvr*:bd*:svnLENOVO:pn*:pvrThinkPad*:*
  POINTINGSTICK_SENSITIVITY=230

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Thanks, @ValdikSS ! Worked for me with Debian testing on a Thinkpad X260.

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