Re: My mouse is too enthusiastic!

From: Gustavo Seabra (gustavo.seabra_at_gmail.com)
Date: 05/13/05

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    On 5/13/05, Sharon Kimble <skimble04@gmail.com> wrote:
    > My new mouse (a gembird 2 button, 1 wheel. It has a little round green plug
    > which plugs into the mouse port on the back of my machine.) is too
    > enthusiastic! It is set up to double-click to open programs from icons, but
    > frequently it opens Konqueror from its side panel as two instances, instead
    > of the required one.
    >
    > When reading emails in KMail, it frequently jumps through one mail when I use
    > the arrow button to move to the next unread message, decreases the email
    > count by two, and marks the jumped-through email as being read ........
    > although I haven't read it!
    >
    > And when spell-checking an email, its also jumping through two corrections and
    > marking them both as corrected, even if the middle one is wrong!
    >
    > I've also found that when moving between the desktops using the mouse-wheel,
    > it frequently goes the wrong way before reversing direction and going to the
    > right desktop!
    >
    > /etc/X11/xorg.conf shows;-
    > ========
    > Section "InputDevice"
    > Identifier "Mouse0"
    > Driver "mouse"
    > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
    > EndSection
    > ========
    >
    > I've tried googling for an answer (using the search term 'mouse too fast on
    > fedora core 3') but didn't find anything which seemed useful.
    >
    > Can anyone help me to slow it down and get it working properly please?
    >
    > Hopefully, thanks
    > Sharon.
    > --

    Hi Sharon,

    Try:
    Control Center --> Peripherals --> Mouse --> Advanced

    There's a control for the double click interval there. 

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