Subject: Re: mouse resolution
To: Chris Lloyd <strawberry@toth.org.uk>
From: Gan Uesli Starling <alias@starling.ws>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/19/2002 21:51:17
Chris Lloyd writes: 

> On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 09:26:05PM +0000, Gan Uesli Starling wrote:
>> Howdy,  
>> 
>> Is there a way to adjust mouse resolution for my new
>> Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse? I got it working, as
>> reported earlier. But it is really quite trouchy. 
> 
> You should be able to do this in your /etc/XF86Config (or /etc/X11/XF86Config) 
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier "Mouse1"
>     Driver  "mouse"
>     Option "Protocol"    "wsmouse"
>     Option "Device"      "/dev/wsmouse0"
>     Option "Resolution" "N"     <-    set to N counts per inch
> EndSection 
> 
> Apparently not all mice support this option though...

Apparently yes, alas. I tried several from 100 to 900,
restarting X each time via the button on KDM login screen
and none of those values had any effect. 

Thanks anyway, though. 

Gan