Lenovo Thinkpad Compact keyboard with trackpoint on Linux

[overthetop]

Hey guys,

I'm wondering if the lenovo trackpoint keyborad is working on Linux. Can someone here confirm that please?

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?hide_menu_area=true&GroupID=460&Code=0B47190

Can someone please check both vertical and horizontal scrolling, trackpoint movement and the F1..F2.. keys

[viridius]

Can't speak for that specific keyboard, but Thinkpads are among the most supported laptops in Linux.  I've never seen a trackpoint not work.

I have an IBM Model M13 from the 90s with a trackpoint and mouse buttons that works just fine, no fuss. It is currently connected to a CentOS 7.2 box.

All to say, you should be fine with that keyboard.

[menuhin]

I don't have this model. But I guess as it has a USB connection, it should work out of the box. Not so complicated.

Can't say about those wireless or BT models - all hardware needs to have support from the host Linux distro, and wireless and BT components are relatively new and may not yet have support.

[davkol]

Have you tried Google? Because I have and the results range from a spectacular review to bug reports.

FWIW some (external) thinkpad keyboards had problems with trackpoint firmware, that were ad-hoc corrected only in drivers for MS Windows, but I haven't heard of anything like that about the latest (i.e., chiclet) generation.

[overthetop]

There are so different results on google and most of them are from a few years ago. Just hoped that someone have that keyboard and can give me up to date feedback.