laptop touch sensitivity

crossworx · 2018-02-20 16:20

when working on my laptop the pointer really moves around almost out of control. how can I adjust this?

tlmiller76 · 2018-02-20 23:22

Are you running Orion or Scorpion?

crossworx · 2018-02-21 20:47

I don't know. I am very ignorant of this operating system. I have an old Dell laptop I put it on so I can use it. Tell how to find it and I proceed.

q4osteam · 2018-02-21 21:06

crossworx wrote:

I don't know. I am very ignorant of this operating system. I have an old Dell laptop I put it on so I can use it. Tell how to find it and I proceed.

Run in terminal:
$ get-q4os-version

crossworx · 2018-02-22 00:18

is that a space between the $ and letter "g"

Dai_trying · 2018-02-22 00:37

The $ sign just denotes that it should be run as user, if it were a # it would mean to run it as root. The exact command would be

get-q4os-version

crossworx · 2018-02-22 04:05

got it. thanks for your patience with me.

Dai_trying · 2018-02-22 10:02

You're welcome, we all had to start somewhere

crossworx · 2018-02-23 20:51

is this right 1.8.8-n3 ??

bin · 2018-02-24 07:25

You're running Orion which is based on Debian Jessie 8 - which is absolutely fine.

Open Control Centre>Peripherals>Mouse>Advanced

Reduce the Pointer Acceleration to 1.5 - click apply - see if that works for you.

That may be a bit sluggish for an external mouse - depends on the hardware so you may need to experiment.

If it is totally wild when the figure is set to - say - 1, then there's something else at play.

The best bet would be to install an information gathering utility called inxi

sudo apt-get install inxi

Then - in Konsole - run

inxi -F

Using your mouse you can then copy and paste the output into a reply and someone here can take a look and see if anything pops out.

You could install the latest kernel which has more up to date drivers that may help. If your machine is less than ~5 yrs old it may be worth a try. If your machine is older than that I'd urge caution.

The Q4OS debs have provided a simple way of doing this

sudo qinst-kernel-bpo

but I'd wait for further advice before doing so.

crossworx · 2018-07-21 18:14

i know it has been several months since you answered. i got so frustrated with this i just closed my laptop. after my time away i decided to try again.
i applied your answer and it worked great. my mouse behaves!! thank again.

bin · 2018-07-22 05:49

Q4OS Forum

#1 2018-02-20 16:20

laptop touch sensitivity

#2 2018-02-20 23:22

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

#3 2018-02-21 20:47

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

#4 2018-02-21 21:06

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

#5 2018-02-22 00:18

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

#6 2018-02-22 00:37

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

#7 2018-02-22 04:05

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

#8 2018-02-22 10:02

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

#9 2018-02-23 20:51

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

#10 2018-02-24 07:25

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

#11 2018-07-21 18:14

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

#12 2018-07-22 05:49

Re: laptop touch sensitivity

Board footer