Re: x11 and the mouse

[Cameron Simpson]

On 21Apr2019 20:49, ToddAndMargo  wrote:
> On 4/21/19 8:41 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> > > This may be the issue.  The screen shot shows an acceleration of 2.5
> > > and xinput says it is zero.  Xfce may be misreading xinput
> >
> > Can xinput acceleration be <0? To "descale" the mouse? What if Xfce 
> > is showing an arbitrary scale with xinput's "0" being the middle of 
> > the scale. Your screenshot has the scale suspiciously bang in the 
> > middle.
> >
> > What's "xset q" report?
>
> Fresh reboot:
>
> $ xset q

[...]
> Pointer Control:
>  acceleration:  2/1    threshold:  4

[...]
> After setting it to .75
>
> $ MouseAccel.pl6 .75
> AccelSpeed         = <.75>
> MouseID            = <15>
> AccelID            = <296>
> PreviousAccelSpeed = <0.000000>
> xinput --set-prop 15 296 .75
> Logitech USB Optical Mouse acceleration speed set to .75
>
> $ xset q | grep accel
>  acceleration:  2/1    threshold:  4
> Setting it back to zero:
>
> $ MouseAccel.pl6 0
> AccelSpeed         = <0>
> MouseID            = <15>
> AccelID            = <296>
> PreviousAccelSpeed = <0.001000>
> xinput --set-prop 15 296 0
> Logitech USB Optical Mouse acceleration speed set to 0
>
> $ xset q | grep accel
>  acceleration:  2/1    threshold:  4

Ok, so AccelSpeed isn't related the the xset pointer acceleration.

Does the Xfce dialogue track your changes done through xinput via 
MouseAccel.pl6 ?

And I guess: does the mouse behaviour change with changes in either 
place?

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson