On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Dirk <noi...@gmx.net> wrote: > 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. I think you really hit the nail on the head here: "when he wants to use Linux for gaming." I think it's great that you use Linux as a gamer but you must realize that you are a minuscule minority. Just because you might need your mouse to move exactly 2.3442 pixels per millimeter doesn't mean that the rest of the world does as well. > > You could completely remove mouse acceleration from the codebase and > increase the quality of Linux as a gaming system. We could and it might even improve the quality of Linux as a gaming system but the overall experience for most users would suffer tremendously. Pointer acceleration is a crucial part of the input system, especially as screen sizes increase. > > 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. That's just not true. Try using a laptop touchpad or pointing stick with infinite acceleration. You'll quickly give up in frustration. I even find that a standard mouse is unusable without acceleration. It's simply not possible to get both fine control and move across the screen at a reasonable rate.
> > 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. Exactly, the problem you are experiencing is not that we implement pointer acceleration; it's that it is repeatedly enabled against your wishes. Perhaps you should investigate why. > > 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... If you have a problem with HAL, report a bug. Uninstalling isn't the answer. It is an increasingly common dependency on the desktop and for good reason. > > I'll check out > http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/PointerAcceleration > > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg