Re: [Thinstation-general] set USB mouse speed

[Kanwar R. S. <m3...@ro...>]

On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 00:34 -0700, stefan1975 wrote:
> I'm having these problems as well with 2.2rc5. We're using hp usb mice and
> changing the resolution to 600/300/150/etc or the acceleration 1/2 or 1/4 or
> 1/8 doesn't make any difference. Some users complained that they think the
> mouse is WAY too fast. The only thing that seems to help a little is
> connecting it to a ps/2 slot with a usb-to-ps/2 converter but in my opinion
> this isn't a final solution.

Here's what the xset man page says:

To set mouse acceleration and threshold:
         m [acc_mult[/acc_div] [thr]]    m default

So, for example:

xset m 5/10 6

results in:

Pointer Control:
  acceleration:  5/10    threshold:  6

This means the mouse pointer moves half as fast you physically move the
mouse (5/10), and that this occurs after the mouse pointer moves 6
pixels.

I haven't taken a look at the code so I don't know how the new parameter
is being used in Thinstation.  But, perhaps you haven't set the mouse
speed correctly?  You should be able to verify your settings by
telnet/ssh to the thin client and entering "xset -display [display
number] q" to list the current settings for display [display number].

I haven't tried the new mouse acceleration setting myself - yet.

Regards,

Ranbir

-- 
Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
Linux 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 i686 GNU/Linux 
10:02:18 up 6 days, 23:35, 2 users, load average: 0.31, 0.26, 0.22