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  • Constant spinning in Doom

    From Paul M. Foster@3:633/10 to All on Monday, June 29, 2026 05:40:01
    Folks:

    If I run "doom" followed by any wad file or none, I get the character's viewpoint constantly turning to the left (counterclockwise if viewed
    from above). The doom executable apparently is from the prboom package.
    All the advice I can find has to do with adjusting the sensitivity of
    whatever controllers are connected to the system. This isn't useful.

    I'm running this on an Intel i5 PC with a Microsoft mouse. Plain
    vanilla. And in the Doom menus, there doesn't appear to be any choice to adjust mouse sensitivity.

    Any help would be appreciated, as otherwise all Doom games are unplayable.

    Oh, just realized I'm running Debian testing (forky). And for what it's
    worth, I don't recall having this problem with prior versions.

    Paul

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  • From Jonathan Dowland@3:633/10 to All on Monday, June 29, 2026 12:20:01
    On Mon Jun 29, 2026 at 4:13 AM BST, Paul M. Foster wrote:
    Folks:

    If I run "doom" followed by any wad file or none, I get the character's viewpoint constantly turning to the left (counterclockwise if viewed
    from above). The doom executable apparently is from the prboom package.
    All the advice I can find has to do with adjusting the sensitivity of whatever controllers are connected to the system. This isn't useful.

    I'm running this on an Intel i5 PC with a Microsoft mouse. Plain
    vanilla. And in the Doom menus, there doesn't appear to be any choice to adjust mouse sensitivity.

    Any help would be appreciated, as otherwise all Doom games are unplayable.

    Oh, just realized I'm running Debian testing (forky). And for what it's worth, I don't recall having this problem with prior versions.
    prboom might be reading a mouse input, or it might be reading a key
    input. Could you have a stuck key? Perhaps check what key(s) are mapped
    to "turn left" in the prboom config.
    You could try another doom engine too, to see what happens. How about
    Crispy Doom?

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