Re: Debian 6 query - how to adjust mouse double click sensitivity
On 05/24/2013 10:01 AM, Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am running Debian 6, with GNOME 2.30.2 (I think; when I select Help->
> About, with a GNOME application, that is the version number shown).
>
> I have recently noticed a problem, with uncontrollable double (or
> multiple) mouse clicks, when a single click should be occurring, causing
> multiple problems.
>
> In the System -> Preferences -> Mouse configuration setting utility, is
> an option for adjusting the timeout for mouse double clicks, but,
> apparently not a means of adjusting (in this case, lowering) the
> sensitivity, or, increasing the lag time (?) between clicks, which could
> (would) force the system to wait a longer (if so set) time for
> registering a double click; for example, adjusting a setting, so that
> the system would wait for 1/10 second, or, 1/2 second, before
> registering a double click, so that, if a user does not get the finger
> off the mouse button within a thousandth of a second, a double click is
> not registered.
>
> Can this parameter be adjusted, so that a user is required to distinctly
> press the mouse button twice, after a set time, eg, 1/2 second, before a
> double click is registered, and, if it can be adjusted, how can it be
> adjusted?
>
> Thank you in anticipation.
Brett
Take a look at the manual page for gpm.conf. It might take some
experimenting but that is what I use to control the mouse. Note
that I do not run Gnome so your mileage may vary.
HTH
--
Wayne
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