[lug] Rodent trivia

[D. Stimits]

I'm thinking that sample rate may not correspond to double click time,
nor resolution. Somewhere in the back of my brain cobwebs I recall
having set the double click value in individual window manager init
files. I'm using gnome/E now, and in the past edited this for fvwm2, so
I can't say what the exact edits were. I think sample rate and
resolution determine how much a pointer moves with a given mouse motion,
and how smoothly it moves within it, a server trait; other
characteristics would be window manager traits.

Hugh Brown wrote:
> 
> I may have spoken too soon.  There is something called the Sample Rate
> and the Resolution which can be set for the Pointer.  So your Pointer
> section might look like this
> 
> Section "Pointer"
>    Protocol        "PS/2"
>    Device          "/dev/mouse"
>    SampleRate      101
>    Resolution      100
>    Buttons         3
> EndSection
> 
> I just looked at the man page and found this for these attributes.  You
> may be better suited looking at xset as was noted earlier.
> 
>  SampleRate rate
>                sets  the number of motion/button-events the mouse
>                sends per second.  This  is  currently  only  sup­
>                ported for some Logitech mice.
> 
>        Resolution count
>                sets  the  resolution  of the device in counts per
>                inch.  This is not always  supported  by  all  the
>                mice.
> 
> Tony Dyson wrote:
> >
> > My XF86Config file just has:
> >
> > Section "Pointer"
> >     Protocol    "PS/2"
> >     Device      "/dev/mouse"
> >
> > Are there additional instructions I could add here?
> >
> > I'm using a 3-button Logitech mouse, BTW.
> >
> > Hugh Brown wrote:
> > >
> > > That is a function of the X Server.  You can look at the file XF86Config or
> > > you can get the package XF86Setup and use it (it's a gui based
> > > administrator for the X server).  There should be a section in there to do
> > > it.
> >
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