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Date:      Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:48:11 +0200
From:      Nikola Lecic <nlecic@EUnet.yu>
To:        Graham Bentley <admin@cpcnw.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mouse precision & acceleration in X+Xfce4
Message-ID:  <200706241648.l5OGmGSH006474@smtpclu-2.EUnet.yu>
In-Reply-To: <20070624112201.4950a17e@3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk>
References:  <20070623120020.22FE816A56B@hub.freebsd.org> <20070624112201.4950a17e@3bsd.cpcnw.co.uk>

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On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:22:01 +0100
Graham Bentley <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi All,
>=20
> Is there anyone who has played with mouse pointer (cursor?)
> settings in X / Xfce4?
>=20
> I am using a TFT at 1280 x 1024 and just cant seem to get
> speed / acceleration / accuracy that I am happy with.
>=20
> If I speed things up in Xfce4 I can cover greater screen
> area with less hand movement but the accuracy when stopping
> at targets is bad (small buttons like on xmms for example)
>=20
> I would be interested to hear from anyone who has=20
> this (c)licked !!!
>=20
> Regards
>=20
> Graham
>=20
> ps My xorg mouse section is ;
>=20
> Section "InputDevice"
>  Identifier  "Mouse0"
>  Driver      "mouse"
>  Option     "Protocol" "auto"
>  Option     "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>  Option     "ZaxisMapping" "4 5"
>  Option     "Resolution" "1200"
> EndSection

Hello Graham,

You need to set the mouse acceleration and threshold to get an optimal
behaviour. You should check 'man xset', search for 'm' (mouse). For
example, 'xset m 5 9' yields a medium behaviour. If you experience
problems with high Resolution, you can try something like=20

  % xset m 3/5 1

i.e. to choose fractional value for acceleration and 1 for threshold.

However, I simply use Xfce's Mouse Preferences for the same purpose
(to speed up my mouse) and it just works.

Nikola Le=C4=8Di=C4=87



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