My Dell XPS M1210 had received an install of Ubuntu *the* day it arrived. But the mouse and touchpad always accelerated at different speeds. The problem is that when I go to Mouse Preferences, I can only adjust cursor speed, not the speed of individual movement sources. After a lot of searching here are the samples from my xorg.conf file.

I only use two devices for cursor movement. The trackpad, and a Logitech bluetooth mouse. After booting with an Ubuntu live cd, the trackpad moves at a medium-quick pace, and once I connect to the mouse, the mouse moves at a very-fast pace. (more…)