Automatically configure trackpoint speed of Lenovo ThinkPad Compact USB Keyboard when plugged in

CONFIGURE THINKPAD USB KEYBOARD.md

Automatically configure trackpoint speed of Lenovo ThinkPad Compact USB Keyboard when plugged in.

1. Install and enable atd service

2. Add an udev rule. /ect/udev/rules.d/10-trackpoint.rules:

ACTION=="add", ATTR{idVendor}=="17ef", ATTR{idProduct}=="6047", RUN+="/home/yvon/configure-lenovo-thinkpad-usb-keyboard-trackpoint/udev-receiver.sh"

3. Edit setup-keyboard.sh and

• edit HOME variable path
• update xinput configuration to your preferences

setup-keyboard.sh

#!/bin/sh

HOME="/home/yvon"
LOGFILE="$(dirname "$0")/log"
DISPLAY=':0.0'
XAUTHORITY="$HOME/.Xauthority"
DEVICE='pointer:Lenovo ThinkPad Compact USB Keyboard with TrackPoint'
MAX_TRIES=4
COUNT=0

while [  $COUNT -lt $MAX_TRIES ]; do
  (
    xinput set-prop "$DEVICE" "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 0.30 &&
    xinput set-prop "$DEVICE" "Device Accel Profile" 6
  ) > $LOGFILE 2>&1

  if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
    exit 0
  fi

  sleep 1
  let COUNT=COUNT+1
done

exit 1

udev-receiver.sh

#!/bin/sh

echo "$(dirname "$0")/setup-keyboard.sh" | at now