X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=13e8782d788596c3691cc800e078784ed1581870;hb=04261c1142b015c6995a1a635e5e8aa70bf873ca;hp=0c79187f696c8eaba62f6381b20284796056325b;hpb=3ab980d2ab2645bbbe3e22399171bb73794da708;p=evhz diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0c79187..13e8782 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,19 +1,23 @@ -evhz -==== +# evhz -Display the current mouse refresh rate under linux with evdev. +Show mouse refresh rate under linux + evdev For information about polling rate, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mouse_Polling_Rate -The program is just evhz.c. Compile and run: +Just do ./run (run is very short and readable). - gcc -o evhz evhz.c - sudo ./evhz +Nonverbose mode = -n, but you probably don't want that. -Nonverbose mode = -n +Reported average is for the last 64 samples, or as many as we have so far. + +There exists a kernel bug for USB ports which use the uhci_hcd driver, +where a 1000 hz mouse will only read at 500hz, causing jittering: +https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60586. A workaround is to +use USB ports that use the ehci-pci driver. Maintainer: Ian Kelling Bugs, patches, requests, feedback are welcome. -Last tested 7/2014 on Fedora 20. Still working great. \ No newline at end of file +Last tested 7/2016 on Debian testing. Still working great after several +years.