Mouse speed in X

[LordMorlock]

Does anyone know how to speed up the mouse in X. I have all the parameters set to high in gnomes config tool (btw where is this information stored eg. what file) but it is still not fast enough. Is there something I can set in XF86Config for example. If someone could help me I would be greatful.

[furrycat]

man xset

[LordMorlock]

Thankyou furrycat.

You wouldn't happen to know what file these details are, or could be, stored in do you?

Sorry to be a pain http://discussions.linuxplanet.com/smile.gif


LordMorlock

[furrycat]

The easiest way to set them is to put them in your .xinitrc file, the file that gets run (it needs to be executable) when you do "startx"

My .xinitrc looks like this:


xset b 0 0
xset s 0 0
xset fp+ unix/:7101
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
exec wmaker


If you don't login on the console and run startx manually but rather you go straight into runlevel 4 (or 5 depending on your distribution) with gdm or xdm or kdm or wdm or etc etc, you may need to put this stuff in the global setup.
I say may because I never cared much for booting straight into X and so I haven't really played with it that much. It may be that .xinitrc gets run when your session starts. This would certainly make sense.
In any event hacking around with xdm startup stuff is a good way to a) learn a lot and b) do your head in.
/etc/X11/xdm is a good starting place. Have fun.