[OpenIndiana-discuss] Annoying mouse twitchyness [Mate]

[Gary Mills]

On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 09:35:41AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
> 
> Summary: mouse control is really touchy... trying to acquire the corner
> of an open window like an xterm, ff  etc takes seconds to accomplish.
> The cursor turning to a corner looking icon that allows to resize
> jitters on and off so bad it can take a lot of effort just to resize.

I've had the same problem on various desktops.  The only thing that
worked for me on Solaris 11.3 with Gnome and HAL was to do it through
HAL.  There's some information in
/etc/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi and also on the web.

You should find an empty directory /etc/hal/fdi/policy/30user .
Create a file 10-x11-input.fdi in that directory to reduce the mouse
sensitivity.  You have to restart HAL or log out and log in again to
activate the change.  I'll attach the file I used.  I don't know if it
will work on other desktops.


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-Gary Mills-		-refurb-		-Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
  
    <!-- Taken from:

	 /etc/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi
    
    -->
    
    <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.mouse">
      <match key="/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer:system.kernel.name"
             string="SunOS">
       <match key="input.device" contains="usb">
        <merge key="input.x11_options.ConstantDeceleration" type="string">3</merge>
       </match>
      </match>
    </match>

  </device>
</deviceinfo>