Do I Need to Lube My Keyboard Switches?
Figure 1: Sometime around here is a good time to ask that question... If you’re new to the mechanical keyboard hobby, I have no doubt that planning your first keyboard build is a bit of a daunting task. To be entirely honest with you, it’s only a tiny bit less daunting for your second or even third keyboard builds should you stay around a little while longer. You’ve got the keyboard itself to worry about, stabilizers, keycaps, and even switches on top of all of the intangible marks you want your dream keyboard to hit. Switches are especially daunting right out of the gate as there’s just so many options out there to pick from – each with their own unique specifications, manufacturers, and more. Yet, in spite of all of these differences between switches, time and time again I find people always asking about lubing switches as one of their chief concerns when it comes to picking some up. With countless numbers of content creators talking about lubing switches, its no...
Apr 17, 2024
I've seen various explanations of this issue -- the one that I believe is that the firmware gets confused about where the center is, and you have to let go of it so that it can re-center correctly. However I don't fully understand how this explains my problem, which comes in spates, three or four times in a given minute, then it works fine for several minutes.
Anyway, I wonder if just replacing the trackpoint module might be my best best.
By the way I am using the keyboard with Linux Mint, and found this setting to reduce the sensitivity -- it was close to ideal with this setting until the drift problem got so bad.
$ xinput --set-prop "SONiX USB Device" "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 3.5