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snakile
Asked: 2011-01-23 07:07:46 +0800 CST

Can't scroll with laptop "pointing stick"

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I'm using ubuntu in virtualbox and cannot scroll. What can I do?

EDIT: My host is Windows 7. I'm using a laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad X201s) and I'm trying to scroll not with a mouse wheel but with the red dot which function as a mouse.

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  1. Best Answer

    Problem solved. Here's how:

    • In your host (Windows), go to the SynTP folder. Probably C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP
    • Locate the file TP4table.dat and copy it to your desktop (or to somewhere else).

    locate the file

    • Open your copy of TP4table.dat and find the line marked in blue in the following screenshot (line 26, right after all the ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;).

    find the marked line

    • put the following line in there: *,*,VirtualBox.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

    the new line added

    • Now replace the original TP4table.dat (in C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP) with the modified one (you can backup the original before you replace it).

    • restart your computer.

    • The thing works.
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  2. Can You please try the instructions mentioned in the following links:

    http://aaronpace.blogspot.com/2010/10/trackpoint-and-virtualbox.html

    http://kailapis.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/trackpoint-with-virtualbox.html

    They seem to work as the problem is with Windows drivers

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