Cursor speed resets after every suspend

[Thee]

Hi

I got a problem with setting the cursor speed. I use the following setting for my needs:

xset m 2/1 4

But whenever I suspend my computer, the settings reset and I have to do it all over again. is there a way to make it permanent?

Thanks

[Toz]

Try adding that information to the xorg configuration files (instead of running xset). It should make it a permanent default. To do so, either add the releavant entries to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file if you have one, or in the absence of an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, create (with root privileges) the file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mouse-acceleration.conf with the following content:

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier "My Mouse"
	MatchIsPointer "yes"
	Option "AccelerationNumerator" "2"
	Option "AccelerationDenominator" "1"
	Option "AccelerationThreshold" "4"
EndSection

...and log out and back in again to test. Review the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file to confirm that these settings were applied.

[Thee]

Hi, thanks for your suggestion. I added what you wrote to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but I'm still having the same problem...
Here is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[    18.459] (II) evdev: Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000: initialized for relative axes.
[    18.459] (WW) evdev: Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000: ignoring absolute axes.
[    18.460] (**) Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    18.460] (**) Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[    18.460] (**) Option "AccelerationNumerator" "2"
[    18.460] (**) Option "AccelerationDenominator" "1"
[    18.460] (**) Option "AccelerationThreshold" "4"
[    18.460] (**) Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    18.460] (**) Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    18.460] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000 (/dev/input/mouse0)
[    18.460] (**) Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000: Applying InputClass "My Mouse"
[    18.460] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    18.460] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.

[Toz]

Did the mouse work properly on boot (with respect to cursor speed) but got reset after suspend again?

What happens if you manually unload the psmouse module prior to suspending:

sudo modprobe -r psmouse

...then suspend and on resume, manually reload the module:

sudo modprobe psmouse

...are the settings maintained?

What modules are currently loaded?

lsmod

[Thee]

No, it didn't work on boot.
Nothing happens when unloading on suspend / loading on wake (cursor speed still resets).

Module                  Size  Used by
psmouse                97626  0 
arc4                   12608  0 
md4                    12595  0 
nls_utf8               12557  0 
cifs                  435684  0 
vesafb                 13828  1 
pci_stub               12622  1 
vboxpci                23194  0 
vboxnetadp             25670  0 
vboxnetflt             27613  0 
vboxdrv               320455  3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci
autofs4                38645  2 
parport_pc             32701  0 
ppdev                  17671  0 
rfcomm                 69070  0 
bnep                   19564  2 
bluetooth             371874  10 bnep,rfcomm
binfmt_misc            17468  1 
nfsd                  279192  2 
auth_rpcgss            54489  1 nfsd
nfs_acl                12837  1 nfsd
nfs                   180519  0 
lockd                  93583  2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc                271025  6 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
fscache                58475  2 nfs,cifs
joydev                 17377  0 
hid_generic            12548  0 
snd_usb_audio         149162  1 
snd_usbmidi_lib        25070  1 snd_usb_audio
gspca_pac7302          17481  0 
usbhid                 53014  0 
gspca_main             36692  1 gspca_pac7302
hid                   101512  2 hid_generic,usbhid
videodev              133390  2 gspca_main,gspca_pac7302
kvm_amd                59958  0 
kvm                   431315  1 kvm_amd
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     41276  1 
snd_cmipci             44561  2 
snd_mpu401_uart        14169  1 snd_cmipci
snd_hda_codec_realtek    51465  1 
snd_opl3_lib           19131  1 snd_cmipci
gameport               15435  1 snd_cmipci
snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_hda_intel          48171  5 
microcode              23518  0 
snd_hda_codec         188738  3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_rawmidi            30095  3 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_hwdep              13602  3 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec,snd_opl3_lib
snd_pcm               102033  5 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_cmipci
k10temp                13126  0 
snd_page_alloc         18710  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
serio_raw              13413  0 
edac_core              62312  0 
edac_mce_amd           22617  0 
snd_seq                61560  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device         14497  4 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              29433  3 snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_opl3_lib
snd                    69141  32 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_device,snd_cmipci,snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_midi
fglrx                6732934  157 
sp5100_tco             13979  0 
i2c_piix4              22106  0 
amd_iommu_v2           19025  1 fglrx
soundcore              12680  1 snd
mac_hid                13205  0 
wmi                    19070  0 
lp                     17759  0 
parport                42299  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
r8169                  67341  0 
mii                    13934  1 r8169
firewire_ohci          40060  0 
pata_acpi              13038  0 
firewire_core          64476  1 firewire_ohci
pata_atiixp            13242  0 
pata_jmicron           12758  0 
crc_itu_t              12707  1 firewire_core
ohci_pci               13561  0 
ahci                   25819  2 
libahci                31898  1 ahci

[Toz]

No, it didn't work on boot.
Nothing happens when unloading on suspend / loading on wake (cursor speed still resets).

Okay, remove the /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mouse-acceleration.conf file since its not working.

Lets try this approach instead. Create the file /etc/pm/sleep.d/000fix_mouse_acceleration with the following content:

#!/bin/sh
export DISPLAY=":0"
case "$1" in
    thaw|resume)
        /usr/bin/xset m 2/1 4
    ;;
esac

...save the file and make it executable. It will be run everytime the system resumes from suspend or hibernate and should re-set the mouse settings. Review the /var/log/pm-suspend.log file for errors/messages if it doesn't work.

[Thee]

Still the same.

Running hook /etc/pm/sleep.d/000fix_mouse_acceleration resume suspend:
No protocol specified
/usr/bin/xset:  unable to open display ":0"
/etc/pm/sleep.d/000fix_mouse_acceleration resume suspend: Returned exit code 1.

[Toz]

Perhaps we need to export Xauthority as well. Change the /etc/pm/sleep.d/000fix_mouse_acceleration file to look like this:

#!/bin/sh
username=MYUSERNAME
userhome=/home/$username
export XAUTHORITY="$userhome/.Xauthority"
export DISPLAY=":0"
case "$1" in
    thaw|resume)
        su -c $username "/usr/bin/xset m 2/1 4"
    ;;
esac

...change MYUSERNAME to be your system username and try again. Refer to /var/log/pm-suspend.log for errors if it doesn't work.

[Thee]

Running hook /etc/pm/sleep.d/000fix_mouse_acceleration resume suspend:
No passwd entry for user '/usr/bin/xset m 2/1 4'
/etc/pm/sleep.d/000fix_mouse_acceleration resume suspend: Returned exit code 1.

[Toz]

Can you post back the contents of your /etc/pm/sleep.d/000fix_mouse_acceleration file for a quick once-over? Something might be amiss in the file.