Pointer Speed Missing in Unity Settings for Mouse & Trackpad

[razor7]

On updated Ubuntu 14.04 final, the System Settings > Mouse & Touchpad dialog is missing several mouse settings, like the "pointer Speed" setting. See attached screenshot.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jordan (j0rd-spam)]

Same problem

<pre>
buzzwoo@ubuntu:~$ xinput --list --short
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v8.0 id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v8.0 id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v8.0 id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Eee PC WMI hotkeys id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
buzzwoo@ubuntu:~$ xinput --list-props "Virtual core XTEST pointer"
Device 'Virtual core XTEST pointer':
 Device Enabled (129): 1
 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (131): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
 XTEST Device (245): 1
buzzwoo@ubuntu:~$ xinput --list-props "Virtual core XTEST pointer"
Device 'Virtual core XTEST pointer':
 Device Enabled (129): 1
 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (131): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
 XTEST Device (245): 1
</pre>

[razor7 (ghiamar)]

Hi, I sadly confirm this silly nonsense bug still persists in Ubuntu 14.04 final release!

[Stephan Henningsen (zta77)]

I need the pointer speed and pointer acceleration settings too.

(It's a bit scary how such functionality can disappear without anyone taking notice (or reacting to bug reports). Who knows what else, more critical features, have been removed?)

[Kevin Xue (mailxuewei)]

facing this issue since 13.04, using MS stand optical mouse. fix it please!

[Andrew Jennings (patslap)]

I'm experiencing similar problem too: missing pointer speed and acceleration settings in 14.04 using Logitech K400r keyboard.

[Ben Larsson (bentagtag)]

I Am Having The Same Problem. I Can't Speed Up My Cursor.

[misteraph (laporte-raphael)]

Same here with a Logitech K400r keyboard

[Andrew Jennings (patslap)]

Logitech K400r keyboard and same problem here.

[beetcom (beetcom)]

For Unity Authors "Simplicity is not removing things is to make things easier"...

I've found the settings in dconf and am still tweaking them to my liking. This is kind of ridiculous that something as basic as slider to adjust acceleration is no longer there. I mean come on, didn't gnome 1 and windows 95 have this functionality?

In dconf-editor navigate to org > gnome > settings-daemon > peripherals > mouse and adjust the motion acceleration and motion threshold.

[Adria (acmesquares)]

Also, for people who used the dconf-editor workaround, don't go into mouse settings again because that will clobber your preferences.

This is an extremely newbie hostile bug. The fact that it's been around for at least a year makes me worry about the future of Unity.

[The Phone (johan-mail)]

I just installed the latest 14.04 Ubuntu 64-bit, and I'm affected by this silly bug. And @Adria, what do you mean that edeting in dconf will clovver your preferences? Can you elaborate?

[Adria (acmesquares)]

@The Phone dconf-editor is the way to go.
Clicking on 'Mouse and Touchpad' settings will reset your preferences to the (slow) defaults.

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

This bug seems to have been corrected in the development release. Here, I can definitely see a pointer speed option. Could anyone please verify using a liveCD, to make sure this has been properly fixed?

Thanks.

[Paul M Edwards (paul-m-edwards)]

@mathieu-tl, I just sync'd the utopic ISO in TestDrive and ran it in VirtualBox... I confirm that the mouse pointer speed slider control exists and functions as seen in the attached screenshot.

[Paul M Edwards (paul-m-edwards)]

Second screenshot showing updated values corresponding to settings change.

[Andrew Riddlestone (andrew-riddlestone)]

I'm using Ubuntu Gnome 14.04 on a laptop, and until recently I didn't have speed etc. for mouse or trackpad in settings.
I've just checked, and now I have trackpad speed, but still no mouse speed.

I use a Logitech M515 (wireless), which remains irritatingly slow, and is unaffected by the trackpad speed setting.

Plugging in a wired mouse adds a new Pointer Speed setting in a new control group called Mouse. Changing this speed setting affects both mice. Unplugging the wired mouse hides the setting, but the wireless mouse remains fast.

[Xvani (fredrile+launchpad)]

I confirm #18 is happening with a WIRELESS mouse, but not WIRED.

MS Wireless 2000 does not work
MS basic optical mouse v2.0 works

[Iain Lane (laney)]

This is the same as bug #1132063, let's take it there, thanks for reporting

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[peter rovsing (peter-rovsing)]

I am also affected by this pesky little bug. please fix or i will suffer the wrath of the misses :)

[Konstantin Ignatyev (kgignatyev)]

Yes, please fix it!

[tjagoda (tjagoda)]

Just a workaround here - I am also affected by this bug, but the terminal command xset allows you to adjust the mouse speed using the command line. I suggest doing a man xset to learn more about the command, but "xset m 1.3 0" is the magic number for me. The format of the command is xset m <speed> <threshold>. More explanation on what threshold means can be found in the manpages.

[Иван Недић (nedicivan)]

xset command makes it, BUT when open mouse preferences the settings that were set up by xset are canceled

[Иван Недић (nedicivan)]

the same after restarting. my mouse pointer is too slow

[John (sg86sg)]

Same for me on 15.10

[Somewhere over the.. (nemonein)]

On Ubuntu 16.04 beta1, this bug appears (again?).
I'm using WIRELESS mouse, Logitech T400.

[Jesper Oe. Jensen (jesper-onlinelife)]

A also experience the bug in Ubuntu 16.04 final beta. Using a Logitech wireless optical mouse.

[Christer Hoel (4v-ch)]

Same bug here. Official Ubuntu 16.04:

kitchen:~$ xinput --list --short
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ MOSART Semi. 2.4G Keyboard Mouse id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (nuvoton-cir) id=13 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ MOSART Semi. 2.4G Keyboard Mouse id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Nuvoton w836x7hg Infrared Remote Transceiver id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]

[Vegard Torvund (vegardmeng)]

Bug appears for me on Ubuntu 16.04 using a speedlink mouse.
The problem is not present when using a logicetch mouse.

 xinput --list --short
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=17 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SunplusIT SmartMouse id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Intel(R) RealSense(TM) 3D Camer id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Intel(R) RealSense(TM) 3D Camer id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=15 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=16 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ SunplusIT SmartMouse id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]

[Ioann (yanunim95)]

Same here with actual ubuntu 14.04 and Dell Latitude e5470.
This laptop has touchpad and trackpoint but I cannot change settings from GUI.

[Sarmad Abdullah (sarmadka-f)]

This affects me as well on 16.04. The mouse settings does not show up for bluetooth mouse, but it does show up when a USB mouse is attached and changes there affect both the USB and the bluetooth mouse. So my workaround is to attach a USB mouse, update the settings, then unplug the USB mouse.