changing mouse sensitivity in system settings has no effect on trackpoint (lenovo e325)

[Sami Sieranoja]

TO REPRODUCE:
1. Open mouse and touchpad settings in System Settings
2. Put sensitivity and acceleration to max.
3. Doubleclick on the face

RESULT: Trackpoint is as slow as it was before. This leads to me having to use more pressure on the trackpoint, which causes my fingers to hurt after a while.

EXPECTED RESULT: Mouse pointer should move faster while using TrackPoint.

My computer "Thinkpad Edge E325" is Ubuntu Certified, so I would expect this kind of feature to work.

WORKAROUND: On the following page I found a script that allows to change sensitivity:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Talk:How_to_configure_the_TrackPoint

A value of 165 (instead of 180) was perfect for me. The default is 128.
#!/bin/sh

T=`find /sys/devices/platform/i8042 -name name | xargs grep -Fl TrackPoint`
SERIO_DIR="${T%/*/*/name}"

sudo sh -c "echo -n 180 > $SERIO_DIR/speed"
sudo sh -c "echo -n 180 > $SERIO_DIR/sensitivity"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.3.91-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 11 22:20:09 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120311)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-11 (0 days ago)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.3-0ubuntu1
 deja-dup 21.90-0ubuntu1
 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-0ubuntu3
 indicator-datetime 0.3.91-0ubuntu1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.