Bug#755090: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad is extremely slow

[Tomasz Buchert <tomasz.buchert@inria.fr>]

On 17/07/14 20:42, Tomasz Buchert wrote:
> 
> Hi Vincent,
> I've hit the same issue today. I'm pretty sure that downgrade
> will help, but I made a different workaround: I've created
> the ~/.xprofile file with contents:
> 
> xinput --set-prop "AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad" 'Device Accel Constant Deceleration' 0.2 &
> 
> (xinput must be installed)
> It works, but only after I log in, of course.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tomasz

Hi again,
I should probably add that:

  1) changing touchpad settings from gnome-shell has no perceptible effect
  2) with gpointing-device-settings the touchspeed *does* change, but only
     temporarily (i.e., when I restart X the "slow mode" is active again)

Sorry for spamming the bug,
Tomasz

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