On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 07:07:38PM -0500, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 15:17 -0500, Fred Smith wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 02:34:38PM -0500, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 09:17 -0500, Fred Smith wrote:
> > > > Hi all!
> > > >
> > > > Using the default Gnome desktop on Centos-6, I keep having difficulty
> > > > getting the mouse pointer to lineup exactly on the edge/corner of a
> > > > window when I want to resize the window. It seems that you have to
> > > > have it on a line exactly one pixel in width, and I'm finding it
> > > > increasingly hard to do (who, me? getting old? nah!)
> > > <snip>
>
> > > > Wondering if there is a gnome setting somewhere among the myriad
> > > > settings that could be used to configure the accuracy with which
> > > > the mouse pointer must be placed so one can grab edges of things.
> > > > I've dug thru the settings in the Gnome configuration editor, but
> > > > so far nothing leaps out at me.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone offer advice?
> > >
> > > Have you gone into System->Preferences->Mouse and changed some of the
> > ><snip>
>
>
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > I've got acceleration all the way to the slow end, sensitivity all the way
> > to the low end, drag and drop threshold all the way to the small end,
> > and I've tried them all at other settings, too, to no avail.
> >
> > trying to grab the edge of a window feels like the grabbable region
> > is only one pixel (or maybe one "mickey") wide and it's still hard nto
> > place the pointer right on it. I may be getting old, but I don't
> > have any palsy/tremor problems.
> >
>
> Well, that's the limit of my offerings. I'm still trying to find the
> thing I used back in C5(?) that raised the panels when the mouse hovered
> over it for X seconds. With C6 I can't find it anymore and it switches
> way too fast.
in C6 it's in SYSTEM | PREFERENCES | WINDOWS
there's a slider titled "interval before raising".
>
> I recall some folks mentioning something like "gnome-config" or similar
> and I figure that'll be my next attempt. I looked to see if there was
> anything in the drop-downs from "System" to see if anything else jumped
> out. I didn't see anything about border widths. There's a "Desktop
> Effects" that I don't know if that has any effect on your problem:
> System->Preferences->Desktop Effects. Has some text in it about 3D
> hardware acelleration.
>
> You know wht? I'm thinking it's something to do with the mouse driver.
> Usb mouse? ISTR some "jerkiness" in that human interface stuff in the
> past.
>
> One other (likely?) difference that may be making my unit better
> behaved. I have gpm installed so that I can C&P on text-based standard
> terminals (console tty). I've noticed that when X or Gnome starts up it
> seems aware.
>
> You might want to try installing gpm, have it start up on boot and see
> if that helps. Not a true solution, but may be a work around until the
> true solution is found.
>
> HTH,
> Bill
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