Jeff Abrahamson on 24 Sep 2004 19:46:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] debian testing mouse speed gnome 2


On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 02:27:52PM -0400, Tobias DiPasquale wrote:
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> On Sep 24, 2004, at 2:13 PM, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> > I just upgraded a debian box to testing with gnome 2.  Perhaps
> > unrelated, but the mouse now moves much faster.  I haven't found a
> > prefs file or configuration option to change the speed with which my
> > mouse moves.
> 
> Is that running a 2.6 kernel? The move from 2.4 to 2.6 will make the
> mouse move much faster because the HZ value is now 1000 on 2.6,
> whereas it was 100 on 2.4. You just have to dial down the mouse
> sensitivity to fix it (should be in GNOME Menu->Preferences->Mouse
> in the Speed tab).

It's still a 2.4 kernel, but GNOME Menu->Applications->Desktop
Preferences is, indeed, the location of that control panel.  I had
missed that.

Thanks.

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