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user2413
Asked: 2010-11-27 06:59:02 +0800 CST

Touchpad too slow -- how do I adjust it?

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Apparently this is a recurring problem. I tried System->Preferences->Mouse but it didn't help.

There's a lot of info on the web on this, but it is outdated (Ubuntu 7.04 and 8.04).
Any tips on how to fix this?

10.10 dell touchpad

3 Answers

  1. Might be worth installing the new gpointing-device-settings package to see if that makes a difference. It has a fairly extensive number of options to control speed, acceleration and so on.

    sudo apt-get install gpointing-device-settings

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  2. Best Answer

    I had the same problem with my Dell. In the mouse options, try increasing the speed but decreasing the sensitivity.

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  3. What laptop do you have? Some Lenovo Thinkpads have options in the following files:

    $ cat /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/speed
97
$ cat /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/sensitivity
128
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