[Beds] mouse pointer acceleration

[Lee Larcombe]

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Thanks

I'll just put it in my .xsession - At least I know it's not me missing 
something obvious. I would of thought that this was something that 
should be a basic part of the mouse configuration process.


On Saturday, April 12, 2003, at 09:50  am, gibbsie wrote:

> Lee,
>
> You're right in using xset for straight X Windows.
>
> 	xset m 3 4 # last two digits are acceleration/threshold
>
> Put that setting in your ~/.xsession, together with the desired
> acceleration/threshold, that way it'll get set at each session.  You 
> can
> also change the resolution of the mouse by changing/adding the 
> following to
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
>
> 	Section "InputDevice"
> 	    ...
> 	    Option   "Resolution" "1200"
> 	    ...
> 	EndSection
>
> However, this only changes the resolution (the accuracy) not the
> speed/acceleration.
>
> I can't remember off the top of my head this morning whether KDE/Gnome
> provides a little utility that plays with the acceleration settings.
> However if they do, and they probably do, then I can't imagine it does
> anything other than adding/modifying the xset command in your 
> ~/.xsession
> file.
>
> Hope it helps, have a good weekend.
>
> Regards,
> Oliver
>
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> On Behalf Of Lee Larcombe
> Sent: 12 April 2003 01:04
> To: beds@mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [Beds] mouse pointer acceleration
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> Hi
>
> Does anyone know how to set the mouse pointer acceleration in the
> XF86Config-4 file, as opposed to issuing the command "xset m 4"
> manually. I feel sure it must be something that can be done, but I
> cannot find any info on how. The man pages don't say, and most people
> on the net just seem to want to find out how to get their wheels to
> work.
>
> Does everyone just have to put up with a slow mouse?
>
> Thanks
>
> Lee
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