I had some trouble configuring the pointer’s speed on my Packard Bell EasyNote. The pointer was too slow.
I found that when setting to « false » the « SendCoreEvents » option of the « InputDevice » section (xorg.conf) the pointer was running faster 🙂
… but then it froze when I switched to the console by CTRL+ALT+F1 and switched back to X by CTRL+ALT+F7 🙁
The solution was in the /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/REAME.alps file.
There was just to add the following options in the « InputDevice » section of the xorg.conf :
Option « VertScrollDelta » « 20 »
Option « HorizScrollDelta » « 20 »
Option « MinSpeed » « 0.3 »
Option « MaxSpeed » « 0.75 »
Option « AccelFactor » « 0.015 »
The pointer’s speed is now perfect !
Debian GNU/Linux is really the distribution that will make you a hero 😉
(read the synaptics(5) manpage for a detailed explanation of the various options’ meaning as well as a full list of options)
