Re: Trackpoint udev rules

Joachim Breitner <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Apr 2017 08:06:16 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.hardware.thinkpad
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Hi,

Am Mittwoch, den 26.04.2017, 17:41 +0100 schrieb Richard Neill:
> Hi Joachim,
> 
> On 26/04/17 16:42, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > on my T460s, set up without a desktop environment, I have this
> > configuration:
> > 
> > $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-trackpoint.rules
> > ACTION=="add",
> > SUBSYSTEM=="serio", DRIVERS=="psmouse", ATTR{sensitivity}="255",
> > ATTR{speed}="160"
> > 
> > Nevertheless, after booting, I find that they were not applied:
> > 
> > $ cat /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/{speed,sensitivity}
> > 97
> > 200
> > 
> 
> I have the following notes that may help, and which work on a T470s.
> 
> 1. identify the /sys path:
>   find /sys/devices/platform/i8042 -name sensitivity
>   #this machine has it in serio1/serio2
> 
> 2. Create /etc/udev/rules.d/10-trackpoint.rules
> #Trackpoint Sensitivity/Speed - set the sensitivity to maximum.
> KERNEL=="serio2", SUBSYSTEM=="serio", DRIVERS=="psmouse", 
> ATTR{sensitivity}:="255", ATTR{speed}:="255"
> 
> 3. Test/trigger the rule with:
>   udevadm test /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2
> 
> 
> I think that you are falling foul of Udev syntax. In order to avoid
> the 
> original ambiguous use of "=", it now uses
>   ==  for testing
>   :=  for assignment  (unlike C)

thanks. Indeed, udevadm test works, and sets the values as expected.
But after a reboot, I find

$ cat /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/{speed,sensitivity}
140
200

so it has set the speed to 140 as desired, but the sensitivity is still
at its original value, and not the 255 I want. As if the device reset
itself after writing the sensitivity value…

Regards,
Joachim

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