script for setting mouse sensitivity to human speed on fedora 17

set-mouse-to-human-sensitivity.sh

#!/bin/bash
# if you need to set mouse sensitivity on X or gnome3 to value lower than the
# mouse configuration utility provides, this is the script for you.
# script built for fedora 17, but it should work for some other distros as well.

echo -e "\ncheck the 'id' of you mouse device ...\n"

xinput

echo "---- ---- ---- ----"

echo -e "if have two device, run again with decond id"
echo -e -n "pointer device id: "
read device_id
echo -e -n "constant deceleration (1.5~): "
read s1
echo -e -n "velocity scaling (1~): "
read s2

echo -e "\ndevice: $device_id cd: $s1 vs: $s2"
echo -n "confirm [y/n]: "
read confirm

if [ $confirm != "y" ] ; then
	exit 0
fi

echo "setting device ..."

eval "xinput --set-prop $device_id \"Device Accel Constant Deceleration\" $s1"
echo -e "xinput --set-prop $device_id \"Device Accel Constant Deceleration\" $s1"
eval "xinput --set-prop $device_id \"Device Accel Velocity Scaling\" $s2"
echo -e "xinput --set-prop $device_id \"Device Accel Velocity Scaling\" $s2"

echo "done!"