Where do I have to paste an "xinput" command so that it executes it when GNOME is started?

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Published on 2011-11-14T16:04:45Z Indexed on 2011/11/14 18:12 UTC
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On my Thinkpad I need to execute something like this in the terminal:

xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Middle Button Emulation" 8 1

so that my the 2 buttons on my touchpad emulate the middle mouse click. Now I need this line to be executed each time I start GNOMe or X or whatever, so that it "just works".

I tried ~/.xsession or ~/.bashrc but to no avail. Should I put it in GNOME start scripts or in /etc/X somewhere?

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10.

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