Mouse sensativity

[wksmeditate]

I am running Debian Squeeze 32bit with gnome-core installed. When I alter the acceleration or sensitivity within the pointer speed section of gnome-mouse-properties, my mouse does not act differently. Has anyone else encountered this problem? How can I change my mouse sensitivity? I have installed Debian Lenny previously and I recall that I was capable of changing the sensitivity.

[kanonmat]

I use xinput to keep the sensitivity down. Here is an excerpt from my ~/.xinitrc

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RAZERID=$(xinput --list | awk -F "=" '/Razer Razer 1600dpi Mouse/ {print $2}' | awk '{print $1}')
xinput --set-prop --type=float $RAZERID 245 4.000000 
#this line turns off Emulate3Buttons
xinput --set-prop --type=int $RAZERID 254 0

"xinput --list" lists the input devices. "xinput --list <insert number here>" shows the settings for a particular device. You can have different settings for different mice. I use awk to cut out the relevant info (from xinput --list) to identify this particular mouse, then store that in a variable I named RAZERID . "245" is the code for a sensitivity property (Constant Deceleration) and "4.0" is the value by which I want the original sensitivity to be divided.

I don't know what file(s) (if any) gdm/gnome reads when X starts. Maybe you can put a "mymousesens.desktop" script in the Autostart folder somewhere in .local/share/ ?

NEW EDIT-------------
Sorry, i was thinking about kde with that autostart thing. Use this folder: '~/.config/autostart/'
"Razer Razer 1600dpi Mouse" is from the output of "xinput --list"