Mouse speed/acceleration ignored in 17.04

[Alejandro R. Mosteo]

After upgrading to 17.04 my mouse (a plain Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse) is much slower and nothing I do changes its speed.

Tried through the settings GUI, using xset and using xinput. Nothing seems to do anything. The only thing that offers some feedback is xinput, that complaints about a value out of range:

$ xinput --set-prop 8 289 2
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 131 (XInputExtension)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 57 ()
  Value in failed request: 0x121
  Serial number of failed request: 19
  Current serial number in output stream: 20
where 8 is the device id, 289 is the "libinput Accel Speed", and 2 is the desired multiplier:

$ xinput --list --short
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse id=8 [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)]
    ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver (185b:3020) id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ LITEON Technology USB Multimedia Keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Nuvoton w836x7hg Infrared Remote Transceiver id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]

Basically I can set that value in the range 0..1, with no effect (although it is reported correctly by xinput --list-props), or outside and getting the error. Likewise, changing values with xset shows them as changed, but the mouse is oblivious to it.

Finally, I tried in a live USB and at least via the settings GUI there's no noticeable difference between either extreme setting of the slider.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+16ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 375.39 Tue Jan 31 20:47:00 PST 2017
 GCC version: gcc version 6.3.0 20170406 (Ubuntu 6.3.0-12ubuntu2)
.proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev:
 Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
 on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
 requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
 drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
 corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

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CurrentDesktop:

Date: Mon Apr 17 19:06:07 2017
DistUpgraded: 2017-04-17 14:10:56,823 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading
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DistroVariant: ubuntu
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   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GK208 [GeForce GT 730] [1043:8525]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-13 (1130 days ago)
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UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-17 (0 days ago)
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version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.9.0-0ubuntu1
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xserver.bootTime: Mon Apr 17 16:58:36 2017
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xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Aras Zagros (zeveen)]

I have the same problem on XPS 15 9550, the problem occurred after upgrading from 16.10 to 17.04.

Tried the Terminal way and xset, different mouses, wired and wireless but nothing helped.

[Jay Fude (jrfude)]

I too have similar problem after upgrading to 17.04. Logitech marble ignores all xinput settings or xorg.conf settings to allow button 9 to scroll. XEV confirms mouse click, but nothing happens. Tried in E-17 and LXDE.

[Michael MacEachern (maceach-b)]

I have tried all sorts of mice, either a Logitech Trackman (my preferred), or a wired USB mouse, nothing.

Even tried a USB/PS2 adapter and used a few different mice, still nothing.