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Razer mouse sensitivity out of wack on Linux

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by Jskid, Sep 28, 2012.

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  1. Jskid TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 322

    I got a left handed Razer Deathadder mouse :) I installed the drivers on Windows and it works great. Sadly there aren't any drivers for Linux and the mouse sensitivity is all messed up. In the settings I have 0 acceleration but it still moves to fast at the slightest movement. Any solutions?
  2. Siavash TechSpot Member Posts: 34

  3. hellokitty[hk] I'm a TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 3,997   +31

    Yep Linux is awful in this regard.
    Is the problem that the sensitivity is too high or that you have unwanted mouse acceleration?
  4. Jskid TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 322

    Thanks it worked:) But I can't figure out how to get it to automatically do this at start up. I created the file but don't know how to make it load when I log in (the directions are too unclear to me).
  5. Siavash TechSpot Member Posts: 34

    Can you please make clear which Linux distribution and desktop environment are you using?

    I assume you are using something Ubuntu based. First you need to open 50-mouse-deceleration.conf in a text editor as super user :
    Code:
    sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-mouse-deceleration.conf

    Then put these inside that file :
    Code:
    Section "InputClass"
      Identifier      "Razer DeathAdder"
      MatchProduct    "Razer DeathAdder"
      Option          "ConstantDeceleration" "5"
    EndSection

    Then press CTRL+X , answer yes to save the changes and reboot.

    Resource : ArchLinux Wiki