20.04 still has this problem. I'm on a HP Zbook 15u G6. It seems that xinput only can handle values of max 1, which in my case is all to slow.
user1@lab1-w:~$ xinput --list-props 11 Device 'ALP0017:00 044E:121C Mouse': Device Enabled (180): 1 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (182): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (317): 1 libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (318): 0 libinput Scroll Methods Available (319): 0, 0, 1 libinput Scroll Method Enabled (320): 0, 0, 1 libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (321): 0, 0, 1 libinput Button Scrolling Button (322): 3 libinput Button Scrolling Button Default (323): 3 libinput Accel Speed (324): 1.000000 libinput Accel Speed Default (325): 0.000000 libinput Accel Profiles Available (326): 1, 1 libinput Accel Profile Enabled (327): 1, 0 libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default (328): 1, 0 libinput Left Handed Enabled (329): 0 libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (330): 0 libinput Send Events Modes Available (302): 1, 0 libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (303): 0, 0 libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (304): 0, 0 Device Node (305): "/dev/input/event7" Device Product ID (306): 1102, 4636 libinput Drag Lock Buttons (331): <no items> libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (332): 1 user1@lab1-w:~$ xinput --set-prop 11 324 1.1 X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 131 (XInputExtension) Minor opcode of failed request: 57 () Value in failed request: 0x144 Serial number of failed request: 20 Current serial number in output stream: 21 user1@lab1-w:~$ xinput --set-prop 11 324 2 X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 131 (XInputExtension) Minor opcode of failed request: 57 () Value in failed request: 0x144 Serial number of failed request: 20 Current serial number in output stream: 21 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1682193 Title: Mouse acceleration significantly reduced after upgrade to 17.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1682193/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp