too sensitive, shaky mouse

[Liam Proven]

On 16 September 2013 14:54, thufir <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a "new" used mouse which seems way too sensitive.  I turned the
> sensitivity down to the minimum in Unity (12.04 LTS), but it's no better.
> I ran xinput and checked that mouse moved -- seemed normal, but then I
> don't know how I would distinguish bad behaviour.
>
> Any other settings I can make or test?  It's an HP mouse, and it just kind
> of shaky.

Does it do it on other computers/OSes?

It is a mechanical mouse or an optical (laser-LED) one?

If the former, remove the ball and clean the rollers that track the
ball's rotation.

If it's an optical one, clean the lens, paying special attention for
hairs in the sensor area, which can have this effect.


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