Ubuntu
unity-control-center package

Mouse pointer speed too fast

Bug #1550988 reported by peterzay
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This bug affects 9 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity-control-center (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Even at its slowest setting, the mouse pointer speed is too fast.

Some people may not be able to use this OS due to this silly detail.

From prior experience, an end user expects a mouse to feel like molasses at its slowest setting.

Please increase the attenuation about 80% at slowest setting.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: unity-control-center 15.04.0+16.04.20160209-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-4.19-generic 4.4.1
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-4-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.366
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Feb 28 14:33:41 2016
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160214)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: unity-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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peterzay (peterzay) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in unity-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Marco Ceresa (ceresa) wrote :

Updates on this 8 months old bug??

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peterzay (peterzay) wrote :

Still unresolved.

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Nicolas Krzywinski (nsk7even) wrote :

For years I had to execute the following commands in a startup script, to make my mouse usable:
xinput set-prop 11 "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 2
xinput set-prop 11 "Device Accel Velocity Scaling" 5

Then, a while ago, these commands stopped working or made too little changes.
Therefore, I had to additionally include this command:
xset m 7/4 6

Now all these commands stopped working again or make too little changes.

Honestly: THIS IS SILLY!!

I love linux, but this not only is a crucial issue that persists over many years, but additionally all workarounds get sabotaged after some times!

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Ken (kenja2) wrote :

Having the same problem. I'm using a Logitech B100 mouse which is connected via USB. At the lowest speed setting it's still very fast. Please consider what the OP said and reduce the lowest speed by 80%.

I had hope the problem had been addressed in 17.04, but I couldn't test it because of a WLAN bug. If anyone knows if 17.04 has it improved, this would be a good reason to try 17.04 until it works.

Thanks!!

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peterzay (peterzay) wrote :

Ken,

This is still unresolved in 17.04 on my test machine.

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