Bug#515737: xserver-xorg-input-all: After upgrading from Etch to Lenny, mouse pointer is very slow and keys don't repeat
Package: xserver-xorg-input-all
Version: 1:7.3+18
Severity: important
Hi, flagging this as important because it's an RSI issue for anyone
using X for any duration.
After upgrading from Etch to Lenny, I found 2 input problems.
1. My mouse pointer is very, very slow. I use GNOME and tried modifying
the preferences in System / Preferences / Mouse but they seemed to have
no effect.
After some digging, I found running
xset m 2 2
restores the behaviour to what I think it was (fluid mouse movement
rather than the treacly behaviour I had). Can this be the default
behaviour? Is there a reason the GNOME settings don't apply?
2. On a related note, I noticed that the keyboard wasn't repeating,
particularly the arrow keys (I didn't realise how much I rely on this
behaviour until it was gone). Again, I tried modifying the GNOME
settings but this seemed to give excessive repeating behaviour. After
some digging, I found the following did just what I needed
xset r
Again, can this be the default?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-all depends on:
ii xserver-xorg-input- 1:2.0.8-1 X.Org X server -- evdev input driv
ii xserver-xorg-input- 1:1.3.1-1 X.Org X server -- keyboard input d
ii xserver-xorg-input- 1:1.3.0-1 X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
ii xserver-xorg-input- 0.14.7~git20070706-3 Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Or
ii xserver-xorg-input- 0.7.9.3-2 X.Org X server -- Wacom input driv
xserver-xorg-input-all recommends no packages.
xserver-xorg-input-all suggests no packages.
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