Corbin Simpson wrote: > Dirk wrote: >>>> The bottom sticker of my mouse says 2000 DPI... so I want to move the >>>> pointer 2000 pixels when i move the mouse an inch... NO MATTER HOW FAST I >>>> MOVE THE MOUSE. >>> These are device pixels, not screen pixels. I really hope you didn't >>> need me to explain this. >> >> Well... the thing I tried to explain is that I (and other people) don't >> want to /have/ to give a f***... >> >> 1) I plug in 2000 dpi mouse >> 2) I move mouse 1 inch horizontally and/or vertically >> 3) pointer moves 2000 pixels horizontally and/or vertically >> >> NO MATTER HOW FAST I MOVE THE MOUSE >> >> >> that really is all that one cares about when he wants to use Linux for >> gaming. PRECISION! Not useless Desktop features that interfere and make >> one seriously freak out during an important match. >> >> You could completely remove mouse acceleration from the codebase and >> increase the quality of Linux as a gaming system. >> >> People who believe they need an accelerated pointer to click buttons or >> move windows are not bright enough to realize the absence of >> acceleration anyways. >> >> I know Windows has mouse acceleration too... but just because they call >> it a feature it shouldn't be part of a Linux Desktop and enable itself, >> randomly, over and over again. >> >> Right now I run a script that calls xset 30 times a minute with sleeps >> as a cronjob to make sure it stays disabled. >> >> Before, I even sent my mouse back to the manufacturer because I thought >> it was broken before I realized it was a problem with Linux so I guess I >> /am/ a little annoyed. >> >> Not as much as i (e.g.) was before i uninstalled HAL to get control over >> my Linux back. But still... >> >> I'll check out >> http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/PointerAcceleration >> >> Thanks. > > You wrote up this entire flame before reading the manual? > http://xkcd.com/293 comes to mind. > > Additionally, acceleration's presence can always be made negligible by > changing the rate of acceleration. (Ah, the joys of calculus.) It's > definitely an enhancement, not a feature. > > ~ C. > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg >
Well I had read the xset manual but it kept re-enabling itself. I didn't know I had to read /many/ manuals to permanently disable mouse acceleration in Linux... but then again I thought the nineties were over... _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg