[H-GEN] A few quick questions

[Mark Suter]

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On 2003-06-01, Anthony Irwin wrote:

> I am running a Debian unstable system and would like to make
> the mouse move faster

The cannonical way is to use the xset(1) utility, for example,
"xset m 3 5" to set acceleration to 3 and the threshold to 5.
Here's the section from the manpage.

    The acceleration can be specified as an integer, or as a
    simple fraction.  The mouse, or whatever pointer the machine
    is connected to, will go `acceleration' times as fast when it
    travels more than `threshold' pixels in a short time.  This
    way, the mouse can be used for precise alignment when it is
    moved slowly, yet it can be set to travel across the screen
    in a flick of the wrist when desired.

> and configure the wheel on my mouse. I am using Version 4
> something of the X server.

This is done with the ZAxisMapping option in an InputDevice
section, such as the following from my config:

    Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
	Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
	Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option      "Buttons" "5"
    EndSection

Yours sincerely,

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