Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1363669
Title:
Gnome Settings Daemon overrides Xorg mouse configuration
Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
gnome-settings-daemon version: 3.8.6.1-0ubuntu11.2
What I expect to happen:
As a user, when I define custom mouse settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf,
I expect these settings to be honored by the mouse plugin of
gnome-settings-daemon.
What happens instead:
The gnome-settings-daemon mouse plugin overrides the Xorg mouse settings.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Create the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d folder if it does not exist.
2) Add the following configuration to a new file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/80-mouse.conf:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Any Pointer"
MatchIsPointer "True"
Option "AccelerationNumerator" "8"
Option "AccelerationDenominator" "1"
EndSection
3) Log out or use "sudo restart lightdm"
4) Notice your pointer speed is very fast on the login screen, which
corresponds to our Xorg configuration.
5) Login. Gnome-daemon-settings will now kick in.
6) Observe that your pointer speed is overriden by the mouse settings in
gnome-daemon-settings.
Workaround:
To prevent the Xorg mouse settings from being overridden, the mouse plugin of
gnome-settings-daemon must be disabled, using the following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.mouse active false
It could be argued that this is a feature, not a bug. I disagree with
this because Xorg configuration allows to do much more than what the
gnome-settings-daemon mouse plugin GUI will allow. For example, I
might want to remap the buttons on my left hand mouse while keeping
the right hand mouse intact. If gnome-settings-daemon would be well
behaved, it wouldn't mess with what it cannot handle.
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