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Is it just me, or is mouse pointer speed/acceleration not functioning in MGA6? All 'system settings' mouse pointer acceleration settings for me have the same (not fast enough) mouse pointer speed.

Can you check whether you have x11-driver-input-synaptics and xinput installed, and post the output as regular user of

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xinput list
synclient -l

Neither were installed, now they are, i can see my mouse is via a PS2 to USB convertor, and not on the usual PS2 mouse port as this motherboard has one of those useless 'combined' sockets for both mouse & keyboard that does not work properly, maybe that is the problem:

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# xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ MT606 MT606-1 PS/2 KB & MOUSE TO USB ADAPTOR      id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ MT606 MT606-1 PS/2 KB & MOUSE TO USB ADAPTOR      id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]

# synclient -l
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

- Since nobody else seems to have noticed this, can i assume this is because my mouse is a 'secondary' mouse, being translated by a PS2 to USB adaptor?

Is it the same issue with a USB mouse ?

Same with a USB mouse and a wireless trackpad via USB.. Pointer acceleration in the System Settings makes no difference.

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#xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ MT606 MT606-1 PS/2 KB & MOUSE TO USB ADAPTOR      id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ RCMCU 2.4GHz receiver                     id=12   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ KYE Optica Mouse                          id=14   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ MT606 MT606-1 PS/2 KB & MOUSE TO USB ADAPTOR      id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ RCMCU 2.4GHz receiver                     id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ RCMCU 2.4GHz receiver                     id=13   [slave  keyboard (3)]


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Also, when i tested the other 2 mice devices, the KYE mouse (trackball actually) is a very high resolution device, and the mouse pointer moved accordingly - much faster then my usual Logitech trackball, or the generic wireless keyboard/trackpad combo i also tested, but again, was only able to work on 1 speed.

Don't get me wrong here - this is not a killer issue, the mouse pointer moves fast enough to work, it's just slower then i am used to, and a little bit annoying.

The only 'custom' thing on my MGA6 is my xorg.conf, which i need to get proper resolution on my Toshiba TV i use as a monitor, and it includes 'AllowMouseOpenFail' in "ServerFlags" - other then that i'm vanilla.

In Plasma i too note that the Pointer acceleration numeric value in the System Settings makes no difference whatever i set Acceleration profile to.
I think i saw that long time ago (now trying Plasma5.12), but as the setting above it: Acceleration profile = Adaptive feels just right as it is i have not cared until now.
I only have one mouse, wireless, Logitech MX Revolution.
I don't remember customising anything (more than three years since install though, have just been updating... - On a previous install i did, as this mouse have many buttons)
In xorg conf i see no line regarding mouse except "AllowMouseOpenFail"
xinput was not installed. Installed it, then:

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# xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Logitech USB Receiver                     id=10   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Logitech USB Receiver                     id=11   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳   USB Keyboard                            id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳   USB Keyboard                            id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Eee PC WMI hotkeys                        id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Logitech USB Receiver                     id=13   [slave  keyboard (3)]
# synclient -l
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?

For reference, you may want to take a look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mo ... celeration especially the libinput and xset methods as those can be changed during runtime without the need to restart the X server.
libinput is also what nearly all frontends are using to expose those settings to the end user.

Also check https://askubuntu.com/questions/172972/ ... celeration for some explanation that what you are looking for might actually be called differently.
Also mentioned here https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=138457 and in the linked threads there.
After all mouse acceleration and sensitivity are different things.