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I would really prefer both my computers (with the same mouse, Razer DeathAdder) to have the same exact mouse sensitivity, unfortunately I tweaked one via the control panel and I can not get it to default back. I am always working in a Debian, Gnome3-based, desktop environment. (Currently LinuxMint 17.1).

Where are mouse setting stored and how can I back them up and reapply them to new hosts?

ThorSummoner
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    [Save custom keyboard shortcuts in Gnome](http://unix.stackexchange.com/q/119432) - the same applies to your mouse settings, you just change the subpath: `dconf dump /org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/ >backup_file` etc... – don_crissti Mar 08 '15 at 00:29
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    Also, reset the keys on the other machine before loading the backup config: `dconf reset -f /org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/` then `dconf load /org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/ < backup_file`. – don_crissti Mar 08 '15 at 09:49

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Save custom mouse setup

You can save/backup/export custom shortcuts/keybindings using just dconf and sed

Export

dconf dump / | sed -n '/\[org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouses/,/^$/p' > custom-mouse-setup.conf # Export

The difference with the usual answer is that this will hold on the file the path to the dconf settings, making easier to import, just dconf load / < file.

Import

dconf load / < custom-mouse-setup.conf # Import

Notes

  • Note that dconf only dumps non-default values
  • To backup yo migth want to use custom-mouse-setup-$(date -I).conf

  • Test it's working by resetting to defaults before the import

    gsettings reset-recursively org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse
Pablo A
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