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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 ---------------------------------