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graysky

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Registered: 2011-08-14

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Need to increase mouse sensitivity

I want to increase the mouse sensitive but have the "pointer speed/acceleration" set to the max of 10.0 already (using /usr/bin/xfce4-mouse-settings).  Is there a way to increase it beyond 10.0?  If not, what are my options for increasing it via another method?  Thanks!

ToZ

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Re: Need to increase mouse sensitivity

You can try manually setting it to a higher value to see if it works. The GUI tops out at 10, but manually you can go higher.

In a terminal window, run:

xfconf-query -c pointers -m

...and then change the acceleration setting. The terminal will tell you the property that is being affected. Then using that property, run:

xfconf-query -c pointers -p <THE_PROPERTY_FROM_ABOVE> -s 25.0

I have more luck using xinput to set mouse properties ever since Arch's transition to libinput.

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graysky

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Re: Need to increase mouse sensitivity

That worked great.  Thank you for the tip.  I can make that into a 1-line script and trigger it via a line in xfce4-session-settings.  Is there a more elegant way?  Longer term question is can one modify the code for the GUI to allow values >10 there?  A value of 330 seems to be good for my use case BTW.

ToZ

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Re: Need to increase mouse sensitivity

Change the value while not logged in (and make sure xfsettingsd  and xfconf are not running - even in text mode) to the file .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/pointers.xml. As long as you don't change the setting in the GUI front-end it should hold.

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graysky

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Re: Need to increase mouse sensitivity

Excellent, that seems to work.  Thanks again!