#Xinput test mouse install#

If it does not exists, create it : (should have been generated by im-config) It will be read each time you'll open your session. xinputrc file in your $HOME directory and put your xinput commands inside (one by line). profile file, each time you connect your mouse, udev will touch the /tmp/my.udev and inotifywait triggers the xinput.ġ/ Short version : (checked on Ubuntu 16.04) Run the last script after login, you can put it in startup scripts, or even. Xinput -set-prop 'Logitech USB Laser Mouse' 'Device Accel Constant Deceleration' 1.75

Inotifywait -m -e attrib -format '%w%f' /tmp/my.udev 2>/dev/null | while read event Then write a script and put it anywhere you want: #!/bin/bash

#Xinput test mouse install#

So install inotify-tools: sudo apt install inotify-tools Select a single section which contains: ATTRS='xxxx', RUN+='/bin/touch /tmp/my.udev'ĭon't forget to change xxxx with your own device and product code.Įach times you connect your mouse to the system udev will run a command, and the command will touch a file at /tmp/my.udev.Īfter a udev rule runs, 'X' resets some details so we can't simply run a xinput command as a udev command. Use udevadm info /dev/input/mouse2 -attribute-walk to get a list of details about the device so we can use them to write a udev rule. Then I used vendor id 104f, find to look for my mouse device node: $ find /dev/input -iname *104f* -lsĥ40 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root. Identify your mouseįirst we should identify our mouse device, there are different ways to do this, I ran lsusb and it outputs. We can fix this issue by writing a udev rule.