[vox-tech] mouse is too fast

[Jonathan Stickel]

I've got a ps/2 mouse on a desktop that makes the pointer move too 
quickly in Linux:  the pointer moves too far for a corresponding 
physical movement of the mouse.  I've turned acceleration off, and it is 
still too fast.  By googling, I've found two things to try.  The first 
is to set the mouse resolution in the X11 config file, like

Option "Resolution"    "256"

However, this does not make any difference for me.  I read that this 
used to work before X11 version 4 (and Xorg-X11), but not anymore.  The 
other recommended method is to set the acceleration to a fractional 
value, e.g.

$ xset m 1/2 1

This doesn't do anything on my computer either.  It seems the lowest the 
actual acceleration will be is 1/1, even though "xet q" displays the 
fractional value I entered.  Any ideas?  It seems someone would have 
fixed this obviously buggy feature by now, but apparently not!  FWIW, 
the mouse moves at what feels to be the correct rate in Windows on the 
same computer, at about half the speed it moves in Linux.

Thanks,
Jonathan