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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: How to set per-device mouse sensitivity :
From:       Mickael Chazaux <mickael.chazaux () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-04-22 17:19:30
Message-ID: l2vbc36f8ed1004221019u6d9ff2bbg255e7e660fb503cb () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi,

2010/4/22 YoYo siska <yoyo@gl.ksp.sk>:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 01:37:49PM +0200, Mickael Chazaux wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > Sorry for the noise, I found a solution.
> > 
> > The installed x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev was 2.3.2 (currently
> > stable). After installing xorg 1.8.0, I just rebuilt it as
> > recommended.
> > I just tried the 2.4.0, currently ~amd64, and the settings apply.
> > 
> > Here is the final config file :
> > 
> > Section "InputClass"
> > Identifier "nomouse"
> > MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
> > Option "Ignore" "true"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "InputClass"
> > Identifier "My mouse"
> > MatchProduct "Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse"
> > MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event12"
> > Option "AccelerationProfile" "-1"
> > Option "ConstantDeceleration" "10"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > (yes, in a separated file this time (for a quick hack, I used first
> > the file I known parsed by Xorg ;-) )
> > 
> > And the relevant part of the log ( Xorg :1 -retro -verbose 5 2>log ):
> > 
> > (II) config/udev: Adding input device Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse
> > (/dev/input/event12)
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: Applying InputClass "My mouse"
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: always reports core events
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event12"
> > (II) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: Found 12 mouse buttons
> > (II) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
> > (II) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: Found relative axes
> > (II) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
> > (II) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: Configuring as mouse
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4,
> > EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
> > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Bluetooth Laser Travel
> > Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
> > (**) Option "ConstantDeceleration" "10"
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: (accel) constant deceleration by 10.0
> > (**) Option "AccelerationProfile" "-1"
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile -1
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
> > (II) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
> > (II) config/udev: Adding input device Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse
> > (/dev/input/mouse2)
> > (**) Bluetooth Laser Travel Mouse: Ignoring device from InputClass "nomouse"
> > 
> > We can see the settings are applied.
> > 
> > Another question is : I have to be root to edit this file. Is it
> > possible to put some settings under $HOME?
> > I have to be root to change the mouse sensitivity setting, and as I
> > can't bear fast mice, some people like them.
> 
> No, as far as I know. But you can use xinput to modify it on runtime (though
> it's harder to make it just work this way when you plug in/connect your
> mouse). If it is your "personal" preference, you should set it up in your X \
> session, not a global X configuration... xorg.conf and other are global \
> configuration for all users. X server  starts up before you log in to your session, \
> so it would not know which user's config to load.
> 
> yoyo@tabletka ~ $ xinput list
> ⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
> ⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
> ⎜   ↳ Wacom Serial Tablet PC Pen Tablet/Digitizer       id=8    [slave  pointer  \
> (2)] ⎜   ↳ Wacom Serial Tablet PC Pen Tablet/Digitizer eraser        id=7    [slave \
> pointer  (2)] ⎜   ↳ TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint                     id=9    [slave  \
> pointer  (2)] ⎜   ↳ Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse            id=14   [slave  \
> pointer  (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master \
> keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard \
> (3)] ↳ ThinkPad Extra Buttons                    id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
> ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
> ↳ Sleep Button                              id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]
> ↳ Video Bus                                 id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]
> ↳ Power Button                              id=13   [slave  keyboard (3)]
> yoyo@tabletka ~ $ xinput list-props 14
> Device 'Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse':
> Device Enabled (145):   1
> Device Accel Profile (264):     0
> Device Accel Constant Deceleration (265):       1.000000
> Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (267):       1.000000
> Device Accel Velocity Scaling (268):    10.000000
> ...
> yoyo@tabletka ~ $ xinput set-float-prop "Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse"  "Device \
> Accel Constant Deceleration" 3.0 

I did not knew about this xinput program. Quite useful!

Regards,

Mickael


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