extremely slow mouse reaction

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Markus Heller wrote:

> Dear list,
> 
> I need some advice: The reaction of my mouse is extremely slow. What's the 
> best way to diagnose? 
> 
> I have tested the "nsc" as well as the "vesa" driver. It is only the mouse, 
> since the xterm I tested is highly reactive. 
> 
> Is this an acceleration issue? Or is it something else?

Not sure, but I had a similar problem many years ago. I fixed it
by adding some xset commands to ~/.xsession :

    xset s on
    xset m 2 2


See the xset man page for what they do.

Cheers,
Erik
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