Re: slow mouse in X11

From: Jon Noack (noackjr_at_alumni.rice.edu)
Date: 11/29/04

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    alex bustamante wrote:
    > How come that when i run X11 under FreeBSD my Intellimouse is a lot slower
    > than in X11 under Linux? I use Option Protocol "auto" under FreeBSD and
    > Option Protocol "ImPS/2" under linux. Somehow it feels like the mouse's
    > resolution is different in FreeBSD. I've tried with Option Resolution from
    > 100-2000 without any luck.

    I use the following in my xorg.conf (same should work for xfree86 as well):

    # Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.
        Option "Resolution" "400"

    Seems to work fine...

    Jon

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