slowing_down a super_fast mouse

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

try:

xset m 4 1

Check man xset for what the two numbers stand.

Erich


On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 01:55:33 +0000
spellberg_robert <emailrob at emailrob.com> wrote:

> howdy , folks ---
> 
> i hope that everyone is well .
> 
> 
> 
> in anticipation of installing 10.3 , i have been buying new hardware
>    [ probably , intel "skylake" and "z170" , of some kind ] .
> this new mechanical keyboard , "daskeyboard" ,
>    with the cherry "blue" switches , is really nice ,
>    much like that which came with my compaq 486dx , twenty years ago ,
>    [ which --still-- works and is in use !!! ] ,
>    even if the manufacturer --is-- too cheap to
>    put legends on the keycaps
>    [ before i did any editing , this post looked like
>        traudl junge's first effort for her new boss ,
>        in that scene in "downfall" , at the beginning of the film
>    ] .
> 
> let me start with the
> 
>          9.3/amd64/syscons/ps2
> 
>    box ;
>    i have not , as yet , installed any new equipment on the
> 
>          10.2/i386/vt/ps2
> 
>    box .
> if i can identify the solution for these two boxen ,
>    then all of the others should be "variations on a theme" .
> 
> the ps2 keyboards and mice actually have usb interfaces ,
>    with usb/ps2 adapters , plugged into ps2 ports .
> from what i read on wikipedia ,
>    these should look like ps2 devices to the ps2 ports .
> the six_years_old moboes --do-- have usb ports of some kind ,
>    but this is my first usb equipment ,
>    therefore , i have no usb experience .
> 
> my question is about
>    cursor_on_screen distance versus mouse_on_pad distance .
> the old mice [ mitsumi "roller_ball" ] were kinda slow
>    [ lotsa pad for little screen ; just fine , otherwise ] ,
>    but not so much as to be worth whining about .
> with this new mouse [ cherry model m-5400/01 optical ] ,
>    the cursor goes flying , if i just breathe on the mouse .
> 
> you know how it goes : power_down , swap kb & m , power_up ;
>    then , see what's different .
> 
> so i start reading [ man_pages , handbook , et_cetera ] ;
>    eventually , i find the man_page about "/boot/device.hints" .
> i find words like "flags" , "resolution" and "acceleration" .
> i find an example for "psm0" .
> this looks promising .
> i check my boot messages ;
> 
> 	psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> 	psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> 	psm0: model Intellimouse, device ID 3
> 
> these are the same messages as those for
>    the old mitsumi mouse on the 10.2 box ;
>    i get the impression that all ps2 mice are pretty much the same .
> 
> i note that there are no "flags" ; so i try that .
> i "guess" that flags of "0x01" and "0x04" will
>    disable "acceleration" and
>    set "resolution" to either extreme , one way or the other .
> if this works ,
>    then i should observe a 8:1 ratio for cursor distance ;
>    all that i have to do is to pick a "comfortable" setting .
> 
> well , that was the plan .
> it failed .
> 
> let me emphasize : the new hardware --works-- .
> it is just that the cursor goes flying across the screen ,
>    for a small mouse_on_pad motion .
> positioning --is-- challenging .
> 
> the flags --are-- recognized ; they appear in the boot messages ;
>    for example ,
> 
> 	psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> flags 0x1 irq 12 on atkbdc0
> 
>    but the behavior does not change on either the console or the
> xterm .
> 
> maybe the mouse has hardware limitations .
> maybe i have mis_identified the correct software module to tweak .
> maybe there is some "buzzword" , of which i am unaware .
>    which ignorance prevents further research by me .
> 
> should i be trying to effect this change in "rc.conf" ?
> 
> should i be trying to effect this change in "X" ?
> 
> [ in re_reading the above , before i send this ,
>      the thought occurs to me that ,
>      even if the mouse has only one motion_size ,
>      scaling --could-- be effected in software , --somewhere-- .
>    this entire post can be summarized into three words :
>      "possible" , "where" and "how" .
> ]
> 
> i ask , before i try "something" , because ,
>    even with all drives backed_up ,
>    onto drives on --different-- machines ,
>    none_the_less , i wish to avoid
>    finding myself in the position of
>    having to recover from some hardware problem by
>    turning off the power supply .
> although this works , most of the time ,
>    i --have-- lost a hard_drive this way .
> i prefer to not_repeat the experience .
> 
> 
> 
> does anyone have any thoughts ?
> maybe , someone knows the right leading question to ask me .
> 
> 
> 
> tia
> 
> rob
> 
> 
> 
> ps --- does anyone know how to
>    turn_off this narrow 65_column auto_wrap
>    in the "thunderbird" editor ?
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