have installed knoppix 5.3 but don't know how to slow down the mouse speed/sensitivity and where to find the correct file/location to make adjustments if possible. am using a serial /com port style mouse box is my dinosaur amd500 512mb ram ,160gb hard drive.any ideas/help would be appreciated.

The syntax for setting the mouse acceleration and threshold using xset is

The first argument, "acceleration", is a multiplier number that defines how many times faster than the standard speed the cursor will move. Try numbers between 2 and 5, setting a high multiplier like 9 makes the mouse movements very jerky and jumpy. This does not need to be a whole number, you can use 1/2 to get half the standard speed or 5/2 (=2.5) if 2 is too slow and 3 is too fast.

The second argument, threshold, defines how many pixels the mouse must move in a short period of time before the acceleration setting is used. Using a threshold of 1, as in

Code:

#xset m 5 1

, disables this and gives you the same mouse speed at all times. Setting

Code:

#xset m 5 10

requires the mouse the move to move 10 pixels before the pointer is accelerated.

'' is known to be a good setting.

returns the standard setting.


Add xset to ~/.xinitrc to get your desired mouse speed when X starts.

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