Dirk wrote: >>> The bottom sticker of my mouse says 2000 DPI... so I want to move the >>> pointer 2000 pixels when i move the mouse an inch... NO MATTER HOW FAST I >>> MOVE THE MOUSE. >> These are device pixels, not screen pixels. I really hope you didn't >> need me to explain this. > > > Well... the thing I tried to explain is that I (and other people) don't > want to /have/ to give a f***... > > 1) I plug in 2000 dpi mouse > 2) I move mouse 1 inch horizontally and/or vertically > 3) pointer moves 2000 pixels horizontally and/or vertically > > NO MATTER HOW FAST I MOVE THE MOUSE > > > that really is all that one cares about when he wants to use Linux for > gaming. PRECISION! Not useless Desktop features that interfere and make > one seriously freak out during an important match. > > You could completely remove mouse acceleration from the codebase and > increase the quality of Linux as a gaming system. > > People who believe they need an accelerated pointer to click buttons or > move windows are not bright enough to realize the absence of > acceleration anyways. > > I know Windows has mouse acceleration too... but just because they call > it a feature it shouldn't be part of a Linux Desktop and enable itself, > randomly, over and over again. > > Right now I run a script that calls xset 30 times a minute with sleeps > as a cronjob to make sure it stays disabled. > > Before, I even sent my mouse back to the manufacturer because I thought > it was broken before I realized it was a problem with Linux so I guess I > /am/ a little annoyed. > > Not as much as i (e.g.) was before i uninstalled HAL to get control over > my Linux back. But still... > > I'll check out > http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/PointerAcceleration > > Thanks.
You wrote up this entire flame before reading the manual? http://xkcd.com/293 comes to mind. Additionally, acceleration's presence can always be made negligible by changing the rate of acceleration. (Ah, the joys of calculus.) It's definitely an enhancement, not a feature. ~ C. _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg