Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:05:00 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: Valerian Galeru <valerian_ro@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: The sensitivity of the mouse Message-ID: <20040227120500.GD46716@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <403E79BE.3010509@daleco.biz> References: <20040226224059.77032.qmail@web12502.mail.yahoo.com> <403E79BE.3010509@daleco.biz>
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 04:57:02PM -0600, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wro=
te:
> Valerian Galeru wrote:
>=20
> >Hi all! How can I change the sensitivity of the mouse?
> >I am using the 4.9 release.
> >
> >=20
> >
>=20
> Read the manpage for moused(8),
> and look for the -a option. Any flag
> you want could likely be added to
> /etc/rc.conf.
>=20
> If you're running KDE, or Gnome,
> and maybe some other WM's, they
> can do something similar for you.
> In Gnome, it's Main Menu | Applications
> | Desktop Preferences | Mouse....
For generic X Windows, use xset(1) to control this sort of thing --
the KDE or Gnome menu enties probably rjust run xset behind the scenes
for you anyhow. eg:
% xset m 2 200
Make the mouse accelerate to twice as fast if you move the pointer
more than 200 pixels.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
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