Enable New Lenovo ThinkPad USB Keyboard with Trackpoint on Ubuntu 9.10

How to enable the middle key scrolling function of Lenovo ThinkPad USB Keyboard with Trackpoint on Ubuntu 9.10?

Add a file named mouse-wheel.fdi at /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ with the following content.


<match key="info.product" string="Lite-On Technology Corp. ThinkPad USB Keyboard>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheel" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelButton" type="string">2</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.YAxisMapping" type="string">4 5</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.XAxisMapping" type="string">6 7</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.Emulate3Buttons" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.EmulateWheelTimeout" type="string">200</merge>
</match>


Restart the computer!