Here are my notes to fix the overly sensitive trackpad on my Lenovo Carbon X1 (they'll probably only make sense after reading the links) from https://major.io/2

Here are my notes to fix the overly sensitive trackpad on my Lenovo Carbon X1 (they'll probably only make sense after reading the links) from https://major.io/2012/12/28/handy-settings-for-the-touchpadclickpad-in-the-lenovo-x1-carbon https://major.io/2012/12/28/handy-settings-for-the-touchpadc... synclient "PalmDetect=1" synclient "PalmMinWidth=5" synclient "PalmMinZ=40" Or soft link to a file from /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf. To get middle-button scroll with trackpoint: From https://askubuntu.com/questions/578600/how-do-i-get-the-trackpoint-buttons-working-on-an-x1-carbon2015 https://askubuntu.com/questions/578600/how-do-i-get-the-trac... edited /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d\11-evdev-trackpoint.conf upated the line: MatchProduct "TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick" to MatchProduct "TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick|PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" Sorry if they don't make sense, but the links are where I got my information, so they should help. The changes made a world of difference.