Microsoft Classic IntelliMouse moves way too fast

Upstream fix: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10880

Hello Daniel, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/237-3ubuntu10.40 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted systemd (237-3ubuntu10.40) for bionic have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

gvfs/1.36.1-0ubuntu1.3.3 (amd64)
prometheus-postgres-exporter/unknown (armhf)
systemd/237-3ubuntu10.40 (i386, ppc64el)
umockdev/0.11.1-1 (armhf)
linux-hwe-5.0/5.0.0-47.51~18.04.1 (armhf)
kde4libs/4:4.14.38-0ubuntu3.1 (armhf)
util-linux/unknown (armhf)
nftables/unknown (armhf)
linux-raspi2-5.3/5.3.0-1023.25~18.04.1 (armhf)
netplan.io/0.98-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 (i386)
openssh/1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.3 (arm64, i386, armhf, ppc64el, s390x, amd64)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/bionic/update_excuses.html#systemd

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

Hello Daniel, or anyone else affected,

Accepted systemd into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/229-4ubuntu21.28 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted systemd (229-4ubuntu21.28) for xenial have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

udisks2/2.1.7-1ubuntu1 (amd64)
multipath-tools/0.5.0+git1.656f8865-5ubuntu2.5 (armhf)
nplan/0.32~16.04.7 (amd64)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/xenial/update_excuses.html#systemd

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

Fix verified on bionic using 237-3ubuntu10.40.

verified correct hwbd entry in Xenial.

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 237-3ubuntu10.40

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systemd (237-3ubuntu10.40) bionic; urgency=medium

  * d/t/logind: skip if nonexistent /sys/power/state (LP: #1862657)
  * d/p/lp1839290-Change-job-mode-of-manager-triggered-restarts-to-JOB.patch:
    - when restarting service after failure, replace existing queued jobs
      (LP: #1839290)
  * d/p/lp1867421-70-mouse.hwdb-Set-DPI-for-MS-Classic-IntelliMouse.patch:
    - fix resolution of IntelliMouse (LP: #1867421)
  * d/p/lp1858412-journalctl-allow-running-vacuum-on-remote-journals-t.patch:
    - allow vacuuming journal 'root' dir (LP: #1858412)
  * d/p/lp1862232/0001-network-add-more-log-messages-in-configuring-DHCP4-c.patch,
    d/p/lp1862232/0002-network-add-more-log-messages-in-configuring-DHCP6-c.patch,
    d/p/lp1862232/0003-network-also-check-that-Hostname-is-a-valid-DNS-doma.patch,
    d/p/lp1862232/0004-network-use-free_and_replace.patch,
    d/p/lp1862232/0005-network-DHCP-ignore-error-in-setting-hostname-when-i.patch,
    d/p/lp1862232/0006-man-mention-that-Hostname-for-DHCP-must-be-a-valid-D.patch,
    d/p/lp1862232/0007-resolve-fix-error-handling-of-dns_name_is_valid.patch:
    - do not fail network setup if hostname is not valid (LP: #1862232)
  * d/t/systemd-fsckd: Skip test on arm64 (LP: #1870194)
  * d/p/lp1870589-seccomp-rework-how-the-S-UG-ID-filter-is-installed.patch:
    - fix test-seccomp failure (LP: #1870589)
  * d/rules: use meson --print-errorlogs instead of cat testlog
    - (LP: #1870811)
  * d/p/lp1776654-test-Synchronize-journal-before-reading-from-it.patch:
    - sync journal before reading from it (LP: #1776654)
  * d/p/lp1837914-journal-do-not-trigger-assertion-when-journal_file_c.patch:
    - do not crash if NULL passted to journal destructor (LP: #1837914)
  * d/e/initramfs-tools/hooks/udev:
    - Follow symlinks when finding link files to copy into initramfs
      (LP: #1868892)

 -- Dan Streetman <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:12:49 -0400

The verification of the Stable Release Update for systemd has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

I guess it would be best to confirm if it works physically on a xenial system, but then again the original bug was reported for bionic. I think this verification should be fine.

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 229-4ubuntu21.28

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systemd (229-4ubuntu21.28) xenial; urgency=medium

  * d/t/logind: skip if nonexistent /sys/power/state (LP: #1862657)
  * d/p/lp1839290-Change-job-mode-of-manager-triggered-restarts-to-JOB.patch:
    - when restarting service after failure, replace existing queued jobs
      (LP: #1839290)
  * d/t/storage:
    - fix buggy test (LP: #1831459)
    - without scsi_debug, skip test (LP: #1847816)
  * d/p/lp1867421-70-mouse.hwdb-Set-DPI-for-MS-Classic-IntelliMouse.patch:
    - fix resolution of IntelliMouse (LP: #1867421)
  * d/p/lp1858412-journalctl-allow-running-vacuum-on-remote-journals-t.patch:
    - allow vacuuming journal 'root' dir (LP: #1858412)
  * d/p/lp1862232-network-DHCP-ignore-error-in-setting-hostname-when-i.patch:
    - do not let invalid hostname break dhcpv4 (LP: #1862232)
  * d/t/systemd-fsckd: Skip test on arm64 (LP: #1870194)
  * d/p/lp1837914-journal-do-not-trigger-assertion-when-journal_file_c.patch:
    - do not crash if NULL passted to journal destructor (LP: #1837914)
  * d/e/initramfs-tools/hooks/udev:
    - Follow symlinks when finding link files to copy into initramfs
      (LP: #1868892)

 -- Dan Streetman <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Apr 2020 10:17:40 -0400

I'm running Lubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and recently upgraded to a Microsoft Classic Intellimouse and find the current speed to be fine. Settings at present are the defaults (in Input Device Preferences, acceleration 2.0 and sensitivity 10). I received notification about this update today and am concerned I won't be able to change back to the current speed (cap will be put in place). Please confirm that this will be possible and if the update/changes will be easy to remove/reset later if not (steps for this would be useful).

Yes you can make it faster again either in your mouse settings, or by completely removing the fix from:

  /usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d/70-mouse.hwdb

and then run:

  sudo systemd-hwdb update

and reboot.

Thanks, on Lubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, it's /lib/udev/hwdb.d/70-mouse.hwdb.

I found the mouse far too slow after the update. Personally, I like to be able to quickly move the cursor from the left to right edge of my 1920 x 1080 screen in about an inch of physical movement.

The recommended way for doing that is changing the mouse speed in your control panel/settings/whatever GUI.

For example, in Ubuntu 20.04 it is:

  Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Mouse > Mouse Speed

Another option you might like is:

  gnome-tweaks > Keyboard & Mouse > Mouse > Acceleration Profile = Flat