As a workaround, try running this in a terminal: xset m 14/10 0 Setting the threshold to 0 enables a different kind of acceleration more like in Windows or Mac OS X which works much better for modern mice. The "14/10" part sets the speed, if it's to slow try with 16/10 or something higher.
-- Can't set mouse speed (only acceleration and treshold) https://launchpad.net/bugs/51552 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
