#Fixed 4: Cambiar la velocidad del ratón en Ubuntu 16.04

Hace poco tuve que reinstalar mi Ubuntu y al hacerlo algo raro ocurrió con el ratón que iba rapidísimo. Parecía un ratón, pero de los de verdad. Buscando como podría ajustar la velocidad he recordado (siempre lo olvidaba) el comando xset.

La ejecución del comando xset muestra la gran cantidad de configuración de preferencias del usuario que podemos ajustar.

xset
usage:  xset [-display host:dpy] option ...
    To turn bell off:
 -b                b off               b 0
    To set bell volume, pitch and duration:
  b [vol [pitch [dur]]]          b on
    To disable bug compatibility mode:
 -bc
    To enable bug compatibility mode:
 bc
    To turn keyclick off:
 -c                c off               c 0
    To set keyclick volume:
  c [0-100]        c on
    To control Energy Star (DPMS) features:
 -dpms      Energy Star features off
 +dpms      Energy Star features on
  dpms [standby [suspend [off]]]     
       force standby 
       force suspend 
       force off 
       force on 
       (also implicitly enables DPMS features) 
       a timeout value of zero disables the mode 
    To set the font path:
  fp= path[,path...]
    To restore the default font path:
  fp default
    To have the server reread font databases:
  fp rehash
    To remove elements from font path:
 -fp path[,path...]  fp- path[,path...]
    To prepend or append elements to font path:
 +fp path[,path...]  fp+ path[,path...]
    To set LED states off or on:
 -led [1-32]         led off
  led [1-32]         led on
 -led named 'name'   led off
  led named 'name'   led on
    To set mouse acceleration and threshold:
  m [acc_mult[/acc_div] [thr]]    m default
    To set pixel colors:
  p pixel_value color_name
    To turn auto-repeat off or on:
 -r [keycode]        r off
  r [keycode]        r on
  r rate [delay [rate]]
    For screen-saver control:
  s [timeout [cycle]]  s default    s on
  s blank              s noblank    s off
  s expose             s noexpose
  s activate           s reset
    For status information:  q
    To print version: -version

En mi caso, el comando que me ha venido bien para ajustar la velocidad de mi ratón es:

xset m 3 1

Dónde m es el parámetro que indica ajuste de velocidad del ratón, 3 es la aceleración y 1 el threshold.

Dejo aquí más especificado el significado de cada parámetro.

acceleration defines how many times faster the cursor will move than the default speed. threshold is the velocity required for acceleration to become effective, usually measured in device units per 10ms. acceleration can be a fraction, so if you want to slow down the mouse you can use 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, … if you want to make it faster you can use 2/1, 3/1, 4/1, …

Chimpún.