T480s Trackpoint drifts

[Emil Velikov]

On 20 March 2018 at 04:05, Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 04:28:20PM +0800, Kai Hendry wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm an Archlinux user who has a new T480s Thinkpad and unfortunately
>> the Trackpoint can (not always or reproducibly) "drift". I hope that
>> makes sense!
>
> what exactly is drift in this context? it moves on its own to the edge of
> the screen?
>
FWIW I've experienced something that sounds like this.

Sharing some experience - it's _not_ mean to hijack the thread.

While the cursor is drifting in direction X, one can hardly move it
any another direction.
Unsurprisingly, the drift continues even after the cursor reaches the
end of the screen.

The only way to get it unstuck is by briefly moving the trackpoint in
the exact same direction where the drift is.

I've experienced that on x220 and X1C3 machines. Both running
Archlinux, in case it matters.

HTH
Emil