I want to increase the mouse scroll wheel speed, and I found no answers for beginners (Ubuntu 21.04) with all the steps properly explained.
EG:
For example, I read a line beginning with
sudo apt-get install imwheel...
OK, so I attempt to copy paste the line into a Terminal~, but then...says to edit a file...
Wait, what file, where can I find this file, and how do I edit it?
Why don't you add the command path and the command for edit for edit task?
It would be a lot better if the indications would regard the beginner level, and even better if I could do that from Settings panel in Ubuntu.
1 Answer
To change the mouse parameters:
list the peripherals, note the good number with the device name of the mouse!
xinput listlist parameters from peripheral number 9
xinput list-props 9set the acceleration of peripheral 9 to value 3. The higher the value is, the more you divide the acceleration. Acceleration is maximum for a value equal to 1. The "basis" value seems to be 1.7, for me...
xinput set-prop 9 'Device Accel Constant Deceleration' 3
To permanently set the change :
A hidden file in your directory is ".profile" (Ctrl+H to see hidden files)
Double click on it and open it. Copy paste the previous command at the end. That's it!
Hope it will work.
