How To Speed Up The Logitech Marble Mouse

gentisle · 02-11-2022, 07:29 PM

Previously, I had posted about how to get new mouse drivers written for MacOS, BSD, Linux, to get this mouse to work the way it does in Windows (which is lightning fast). That is unnecessary; here is a simple script to fix it. I set mine to 11, and it is much more responsive. Thank you. I imagine BSD and Linux will allow something similar. Once, I woke up and realized the *nix products are very, higly configurable, and found some spare time, I searched and found my answer. Hope others can benefit from this, even if they have a different mouse than the Marble Mouse. The code simply displays the current setting, changes to the new one input by the user at the command line ($1, or in DOS/Windows speak, %1), and then sets and re-displays the new setting.

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Used to speed up the mouse in MacOS.

echo The current mouse scaling speed is:
defaults read -g com.apple.mouse.scaling

echo ===================================
echo The new mouse scaling speed is:
defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling $1
defaults read -g com.apple.mouse.scaling
echo Please reboot for the new setting to take effect.

Then there are some free and otherwise software:
Software that can adjust the mouse the way a person likes (better than System Preferences)
http://triq.net/mac/mouse-acceleration

BetterTouchTool
https://folivora.ai/

brew install --cask steermouse
brew install --cask smoothscroll

Logitech has this:
https://www.logitech.com/en-us/software/options.html#

https://github.com/linearmouse/linearmouse

This page has some helpful info:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/ques...in-high-sierra

I couldn't find the software before, however, once I used

Quote:

defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling

as my search phrase, all kinds of wonderful things popped up. Hope this is findable for those who like very fast mice.

dugan · 02-11-2022, 08:34 PM

Uh, is any of the above expected to work on Linux?

I have an MX Anywhere 3, and I used a program called Solaar to bump the "Sensitivity (DPI)" setting to 1550. Life is good.

ondoho · 02-12-2022, 07:39 AM

Very confusing.

We need to know 2 things first:

your Linux distro/version/desktop
your mouse maker/model

obobskivich · 02-12-2022, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

Uh, is any of the above expected to work on Linux?

I have an MX Anywhere 3, and I used a program called Solaar to bump the "Sensitivity (DPI)" setting to 1550. Life is good.

Likely not 'directly' but the concept still applies. What tips this is the tunable "com.apple.*" which implies its probably from the non-FOSS components of OS X (or at least the OS X-specific components). On Linux, mouse-dpi-tool can be used to adjust (and calibrate) mice via cli (and can be done on any mouse), which can lead to 'faster' (or 'slower') mice by playing with the values. In GNOME there is also a 'mouse speed' setting that may be of some use. In OS X itself I'm betting the setting shown here via scripts, is tunable via GUI settings as well (it may be in 'Accessibility').

The provided code would work if adapted for the appropriate OS and underlying libraries, since it is just bash, which OS X (and Linux, and BSD) can work with.

dugan · 02-12-2022, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

Very confusing.

We need to know 2 things first:

your Linux distro/version/desktop
your mouse maker/model

Oh come on.

Exactly which part of "Logitech Marble Mouse" and "Logitech Anywhere MX 3" were confusing, let alone "very confusing", regarding the mouse maker/model?

The quality of the responses on this forum is starting to hit rock bottom. Even from the regulars.

* adds ondoho to permanent ignore list

ondoho · 02-12-2022, 03:39 PM

^ I was refering to OP's first post.

The mention of various OSs that apparently all are not OP's current OS, and not mentioning their current OS at all - yes, confusing.

Re-reading it, it appears that OP isn't even asking a question here, just giving MacOS centric advice that won't work on Linux, in a Linux subforum.

So yes, very confusing.

Additionally I don't know if "Marble Mouse" is descriptive or refers to a precise Model. I know what sort of mouse they're talking about though.

Anyhow, help is not needed, so please disregard my previous (and this) post.

gentisle · 02-22-2022, 11:49 PM

@dugan and @obobskivich
Good things to know. Perhaps I should have been more clear: I was posting the info to answer my own question, and to answer similar questions for anyone looking to speed up their mouse. And as anyone who can read knows, this forum includes the MacOS as well as Linux and BSD. Thanks to all.

ondoho · 02-23-2022, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gentisle

And as anyone who can read knows, this forum includes the MacOS as well as Linux and BSD.

Not this subforum though.

I don't want to nitpick, but I do not appreciate the jab. I think I've been polite enough.

boughtonp · 02-23-2022, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gentisle

And as anyone who can read knows, this forum includes the MacOS as well as Linux and BSD. Thanks to all.

This is Linux Questions, and the subforum your thread is in is "Linux - Hardware", inside the "Linux Forums" section. Nowhere does it say this is intended for MacOS or BSD threads.

Such threads are welcome elsewhere, outside of the Linux-specific forums: specifically, under "Other *NIX Forums" there is a *BSD forum, and for MacOS threads there is "Other *NIX". (The description still uses the term "OS X" which is/was a common alias of MacOS.)

However, if you are not asking a question but simply sharing something that worked for you, LQ blogs is a place to do that.

gentisle · 02-27-2022, 03:37 PM

If only I could read as well as you guys, I might have become a system administrator. But alas, no teacher ever figured out why I couldn't read as well as other children, so I have suffered all my life. I'll try to be more careful next time.