Mimicking "Windows" Mouse Sensitivity

Mimicking “Windows” Mouse Sensitivity
Anyone know so Opensuse is like windows sensitivity?
For gaming.
How to mimicThe default mouse sensitivity for windows.

No idea what you mean and mouse settings are dependent on the Desktop in KDE it is in Configure Desktop and Input devices - mouse Other Desktops it will be somewhere else but still mouse sttings. I guess that is what you are talking about:P

Not quite sure what you mean by ‘default mouse sensitivity for windows’. Windows usually detects your mouse manufacturer and supplies the corresponding driver for it. Which is why your stuff usually works well when you plug it in before you install the manufacturers software. What desktop environment (KDE / Gnome / Xfce, etc) are you using?

I’ve just adjusted the sensitivity in KDE Plasma 5 because the cursor moved around the screen waaay too fast and was jumpy when I clicking on an item. So went into System Settings >> Hardware / Input Devices >> Mouse >> Advanced - and adjusted Pointer Acceleration and Pointer Threshold and calmed that bad boy right down.

LoL. Thats what I meant. Configuring the mouse settings so its just right.
I’m using Leap 42.1 KDE.
In windows there’s a mouse sensitivity bar where you can adjust it to the way you want.
OpenSuse mouse settings is different.
I’m not sure when I install drivers for my mouse in windows if it would adjust the Pointer Acceleration and Pointer Threshold.
But if it did how would I apply it in Opensuse.
I currently have a Logitech g100s mouse.
When I’m playing In game it feels different compared to when I play in windows so that’s what I meant as mimicking the mouse settings
so that it doesn’t feel different.

I told you where the the settings are just adjust them to how you like it. Yes the adjustments are different form Windows. But they do the same things. Sorry no bar just numbers LOL

I always adjust mine because I like a fast mouse and the default is too slow.

Do you know the adjusted Pointer Acceleration and Pointer Threshold to windows?
What are your settings set to?

I set it to what I like have no idea about Windows which I also set to the way I like. You Should set it to the way you like. I have no Idea how you like it.

For what it is worth I have accel at 2X you may or may not like that

Note you can press the question mark at the top then click the field for manual instructions If you don;t under stand the numbers

make a setting - press apply - test if not happy try another setting faster or slower

No way to compare with Windows. Windows is Windows Linux is Linux

I only run Windows in a VM so I think it inherits the host settings

Definitely something you need to experiment with for yourself and you probably won’t get exactly the same effect as you get in Windows, where you have probably installed manufacturer software specifically designed to give the best performance for the mouse.

You might only need Pointer Acceleration increased / decreased though. The upper end of that scale has some pretty extreme effects, the very lowest setting (0.1) is nowhere near as dramatic and some people might find it not effective enough, it’s about right for me on a smallish screen.

I think you can still edit xorg to really drill down into the fine detail of the settings but it’s a different ball game than ‘point and click’ settings.

If you need to set up special buttons or function not seen in a normal two button mouse then yes xorg has to be tweaked. There is no magic do it like Windows incantation :open_mouth:

Hi user89,

I was playing a lot of games on Linux in the past, mainly q1,q2,q3,et and et:qw, so all those ID games where there was a native client client available - and believe me, I know exactly what you are talking about (no offense against the other folks posting here, but they just don’t know any better). Your eye / brain / hand coordination knows exactly, how to move the mouse to make a quick 180° turn to get a headshot on one system (e.g. Windows) and when you try the same on the other (e.g. Linux), your cross-hair lands somewhere completely else. This is utterly frustrating, any semi-pro/pro gamer playing competitive understand that :slight_smile:

Unfortunately, I was never able to find a good mouse setting for either Windows and Linux, so that it actually felt the same. It seems to be a mix of mouse acceleration, thresholds as well as pointer speed. What I did back then was, just using Linux exclusively. At some point I got quite comfortable with the settings, but guess what, new UIs screwed up everything again (KDE2 -> KDE3) etc. So you either stick with Windows or get used to Linux. I liked using Linux for gaming back then and convinced a couple of folks in my clan do switch too :slight_smile:

Regards,
Hannes

Linux could use a far better designed settings interface for the mouse, I agree. It would be nice to have a setting for tracking speed, which is separate from the setting for acceleration or sensitivity, an orientation setting, more settings for the many mouse buttons, and other bells and whistles. However, so far nobody has wanted it strongly enough to actually create one.

Of course, you can also blame Logitech (and other mouse manufacturers) for the problem, since they cannot be bothered to create a Linux version of their mouse control panels, and their panels are proprietary.

It would be nice to have Logitech’s Setpoint utility in Linux, but they do not give us one. And, they have no plans to, have no incentive to, since they sell enough of the mouses (mice? meece?:slight_smile: just by catering to Microsoft and Apple. Linux does not provide enough of a market to motivate them, especially since we are buying their product anyway.

This will remain one of the minor drawbacks to Linux until someone – such as you – decides they want it badly enough that they will learn how to program (if they do not know already) and then create such an application.

As for me, well, I would like those enhancements, but it is no pressing need, since it works good enough the way it is for my own purposes.

On Fri 18 Dec 2015 04:06:01 AM CST, Fraser Bell wrote:

user89;2735628 Wrote:
> Mimicking “Windows” Mouse Sensitivity
> Anyone know so Opensuse is like windows sensitivity?
> For gaming.
> How to mimicThe default mouse sensitivity for windows.

Linux could use a far better designed settings interface for the mouse,
I agree. It would be nice to have a setting for tracking speed, which
is separate from the setting for acceleration or sensitivity, an
orientation setting, more settings for the many mouse buttons, and other
bells and whistles. However, so far nobody has wanted it strongly
enough to actually create one.

Of course, you can also blame Logitech (and other mouse manufacturers)
for the problem, since they cannot be bothered to create a Linux version
of their mouse control panels, and their panels are proprietary.

It would be nice to have Logitech’s Setpoint utility in Linux, but they
do not give us one. And, they have no plans to, have no incentive to,
since they sell enough of the mouses (mice? meece?:slight_smile: just by catering
to Microsoft and Apple. Linux does not provide enough of a market to
motivate them, especially since we are buying their product anyway.

This will remain one of the minor drawbacks to Linux until someone –
such as you – decides they want it badly enough that they will learn
how to program (if they do not know already) and then create such an
application.

As for me, well, I would like those enhancements, but it is no pressing
need, since it works good enough the way it is for my own purposes.

Hi
I use Solaar for my unifying devices. This may be worth a read;
https://lekensteyn.nl/logitech-unifying.html


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many settings can be done in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d files but you do have to learn the arcane xorg language.