Razer Deathadder Sensitivity

[Sharky8U2]

Hi, I'm pretty new to Ubuntu.

I have a Razer Deathadder 3500 mouse. Currently my mouse is too sensitive for me to comfortably navigate the interface.

All sliders are at their lowest. I have found software which can supposedly help Here (link). I cannot install it, the issue may be related to this (link).

Could you please suggest an alternative, or guide me step by step to install the tarball. I have never done that before and cannot seem to get it right, many of the guides are too vague for me to understand anyway.

Thanks in advance.

[realzippy]

Start with:

sudo apt-get install libusb-dev python-qt4 cmake git-core

git clone git://git.bu3sch.de/razer.git
cd razer
cmake .            #do not forget the "space" and "dot"
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

Does this work without compiling errors?
Then we can go on with installing the razr start script and edit your xorg.conf...

[Sharky8U2]

Thanks, it's working much better, but when I try "ldconfig", this shows:

sharky8u2@sharky8u2-desktop:~/razer$ ldconfig
/sbin/ldconfig.real: Can't create temporary cache file /etc/ld.so.cache~: Permission denied

[realzippy]

then run:

sudo ldconfig

(sudo gives the permission)

[Sharky8U2]

Ok, that worked. Don't know what happens after this. I'll see if the readme (came with tarball) can help.
Thanks again.

Readme has this:

INSTALLING
==========

First you need to install the tool libraries and binaries. Do this by typing
in the following commands:

  sudo -i	# become root
  make install
  ldconfig

To automatically start the required system daemon "razerd" at system bootup time,
you need to install the init-script. This software package includes a generic
example script, that should work out-of-the-box on many Linux distributions.
To install it, invoke the following commands:

  sudo -i	# become root
  cp ./razerd.initscript /etc/init.d/razerd
  ln -s /etc/init.d/razerd /etc/rc2.d/S99razerd
  ln -s /etc/init.d/razerd /etc/rc5.d/S99razerd
  ln -s /etc/init.d/razerd /etc/rc0.d/K01razerd
  ln -s /etc/init.d/razerd /etc/rc6.d/K01razerd

So we did the first bit, but no directory is found when I try the "cp" line. Do I need to change the path somehow?

[realzippy]

Now you have to check if you have a xorg.conf file....

Run:

gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

If a file opens,post it's content please...

[Sharky8U2]

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	DefaultDepth	24
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Default Device"
	Driver	"nvidia"
	Option	"NoLogo"	"True"
EndSection

[realzippy]

Sorry.have to help my neighbor.I am back at 18.00 CET

[realzippy]

Back earlier...

Referring to this: (README):

X11-WINDOW (X.ORG) CONFIGURATION
================================

The X-server must _not_ be configured to a specific mouse device like /dev/input/mouse0,
because on configuration events razerd has to temporarly unregister the mouse from the
system. This will confuse the X-server, if it's configured to a specific device.
Configure it to the generic /dev/input/mice device instead. This will enable the X-server
to pick up the mouse again after a configuration event from razerd.

Example xorg.conf snippet:
...
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
...

Alternatively do not specify a "Device" at all. The X-server will autodetect
the device then:
...
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection
...

In any case, do _NOT_ use:
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouseX"


Your xorg.conf is pretty small,which is ok if everything runs,you have installed the nvidia-driver with System/Admin/Hardwaredrivers.
So there is no "input device" section,which rules the mouse,this is done by HAL instead of.
So I suggest to ignore this in the moment and test if the razerstuff works..
README:

USING THE TOOLS
===============

To use the tools, the "razerd" daemon needs to be started as root, first.
Without the background daemon, nothing will work. The daemon is responsible
for doing the lowlevel hardware accesses and for tracking the current state
of the device.
While the daemon is running, the user interfaces "razercfg" (commandline) and
"qrazercfg" (graphical user interface) can be used.


Means:
Reboot the machine (if you have not already after compiling..).then:

sudo razerd

to start daemon in the backround;think there will be no output (if daemon starts successfully)

Then:

qrazercfg

...the GUI should appear.
I ignored:

To automatically start the required system daemon "razerd" at system bootup time,
you need to install the init-script. This software package includes a generic
example script, that should work out-of-the-box on many Linux distributions.
To install it, invoke the following commands:

sudo -i # become root
cp ./razerd.initscript /etc/init.d/razerd
ln -s /etc/init.d/razerd /etc/rc2.d/S99razerd
ln -s /etc/init.d/razerd /etc/rc5.d/S99razerd
ln -s /etc/init.d/razerd /etc/rc0.d/K01razerd
ln -s /etc/init.d/razerd /etc/rc6.d/K01razerd


UDEV notification:

The make install step did already install the UDEV script automatically.
It installed the script to
/etc/udev/rules.d/01-razer-udev.rules
This should work on most distributions.



because of:
The make install step did already install the UDEV script automatically.


If things do not work,we will do this.

[Sharky8U2]

I really appreciate you helping me with this.

I type in "sudo razerd" and get this:

sharky8u2@sharky8u2-desktop:~$ sudo razerd
[sudo] password for sharky8u2: 
Razer device service daemon
qraSegmentation fault

"qrazercfg" obviously doesn't work, but here is the error I get if I try (in case it helps):

sharky8u2@sharky8u2-desktop:~$ qrazercfg
Failed to connect to razerd socket: [Errno 111] Connection refused
Is razerd running?