Horizontal mouse sensitivity in Xorg?

Simon Thum simon.thum at gmx.de
Sat Jun 12 03:28:01 PDT 2010


Am 09.06.2010 00:20, schrieb Jacek Wielemborek:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently decided to try and build an app allowing me to easily
> convert my netbook into an e-book reader at any time. The problem is,
> when I try to rotate the screen on the right, making the resolution
> 600x1024, the touchpad behaves in quite a weird manner. It took me a
> while to understand it's just vertical mouse speed being about
> three-four times faster than the horizontal. When I try to move the
> mouse from the rotated left to right (the shorter edge), it moves
> insanely fast, while the horizontal speed is quite reasonable. Is
> there a way to tune it somehow? A C application sample would be
> lovely, if it's not a matter of configuration/scripting.
> 
> And yes, I've spend time browsing the FAQ, asked on IRC, flicked
> through the mailing lists archives.
Latest X server have a inout transform matrix, but AFAIK it only works
for absolute devices ATM. Patches welcome...

Cheers,

Simon



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