too sensitive, shaky mouse

[Ric Moore]

On 09/16/2013 09:54 AM, thufir 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.

Open it up and clean it out of lint, etc. Works a charm when the mouse 
becomes wonky. First check there is no lint/crap on the LED on the 
underside, if it's a laser. Bit, even with a laser, junk inside will 
interfere with the switches. Mouse goes crazy, etc.  Ric



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