Mouse Speed in16.04

[fjgaude]

Is there a way to control the mouse speed in 16.04. The way it is is fixed and too fast for the mouse I use.

Thanks!

[QDR06VV9]

What is the output from this:

apt-cache policy gpointing-device-settings

[QDR06VV9]

There is also hand editing...to achieve the desired speed.
To manually set your mouse speed with xinput
First locate the ID for your mouse

xinput list
Find the current Accel speed with:

xinput list-props 10 (with the #10 being the device ID for your mouse
Mine shows this
x
input list-props 8
Device 'Logitech M510':
Device Enabled (151): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (153): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
Device Accel Profile (281): 0
Device Accel Constant Deceleration (282): 1.000000
Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (283): 1.000000
Device Accel Velocity Scaling (284): 10.000000
Device Product ID (270): 1133, 4133
Device Node (271): "/dev/input/event1"
Evdev Axis Inversion (285): 0, 0
Evdev Axes Swap (287): 0
Axis Labels (288): "Rel X" (161), "Rel Y" (162), "Rel Horiz Wheel" (279), "Rel Vert Wheel" (280)
Button Labels (289): "Button Left" (154), "Button Middle" (155), "Button Right" (156), "Button Wheel Up" (157), "Button Wheel Down" (158), "Button Horiz Wheel Left" (159), "Button Horiz Wheel Right" (160), "Button Side" (274), "Button Extra" (275), "Button Forward" (276), "Button Back" (277), "Button Task" (278), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273), "Button Unknown" (273)
Evdev Scrolling Distance (290): 1, 1, 1
Evdev Middle Button Emulation (291): 1
Evdev Middle Button Timeout (292): 50
Evdev Third Button Emulation (293): 0
Evdev Third Button Emulation Timeout (294): 1000
Evdev Third Button Emulation Button (295): 3
Evdev Third Button Emulation Threshold (296): 20
Evdev Wheel Emulation (297): 0
Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes (298): 0, 0, 4, 5
Evdev Wheel Emulation Inertia (299): 10
Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout (300): 200
Evdev Wheel Emulation Button (301): 4
Evdev Drag Lock Buttons (302): 0
[me@Silversurfer ~]$


The property you are interested in is "Device Accel Constant Deceleration (267)". To slow your mouse down, the value must be increased by running xinput set-prop <your device id> <property id> <value>:
Example:

$ xinput set-prop 10 267 5.0

[fjgaude]

Oh wow, thank you for the reply... will let you know now it goes for me.

frank

[QDR06VV9]

Please do!;)
Thanks Frank...it is good to see your smiley face still here.

[fjgaude]

Where did the 267 come from?

[QDR06VV9]

Just an example!
You need to increase that number to slow your mouse.

[fjgaude]

I only get this:


frank@flash:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v6.0 id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v6.0 id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Eee PC WMI hotkeys id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v6.0 id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]


I've tried many IDs but no change in mouse speed or accel.

frank

[QDR06VV9]

Lets see what this show us

xinput

[fjgaude]

Exactly the same thing.

[QDR06VV9]

Ok Great now we see how it is set up:

xinput list-props 2
Paste back the input

[fjgaude]

I replaced the wireless mouse with a usb one and in the mouse menu it shows speed control, which works.

Oh boy!

[QDR06VV9]

If your happy I am happy:D
Take Care Frank

[fjgaude]

I rather like the wireless! I'm not really happy!

In 14.04.3 wireless works at a normal speed but still there is no item for speed in the mouse and touchpad menu.

Thanks for all your replies.

[QDR06VV9]

Well we can still finish this if you want to.

[fjgaude]

Give me your ideas, as you wish.

[QDR06VV9]

We just need to see the output of this still

xinput list-props 2
Which will show how the mouse speed is set and then we can slow it down.

[fjgaude]

frank@flash:~$ xinput list-props 2
Device 'Virtual core pointer':
Device Enabled (131): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (133): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000

Here it be!

[QDR06VV9]

Ok Try this setting to see if you like this speed

xinput set-prop 2 131 5.0
Increase the Value 5.0 higher to slow it down even more if needed.

[fjgaude]

I went up to 20.0 without any change in speed.

[fjgaude]

I think is speed may be okay it's the acceleration that is very fast.

[QDR06VV9]

To be clear for me...Speed=Acceleration.
We are talking about how fast the mouse moves with your finger moving across and up and down.
Is this how you see it also?