Startup script doesn't work in ubuntu

Question

I was struggling with changing my new mouse sensitivity. Finally I found proper solution: xinput --set-float-prop 10 "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 1.8 . Now I need to run it on system startup. I found that I have to create .conf file in /etc/init. I've done it in following way (in file named changeMouseSensibility.conf):

description "Set mouse sensitivity"
start on startup
task
script
xinput --set-float-prop 10 "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 1.8
end script

and after that I'm executing:

sudo ln -s /lib/init/upstart-job changeMouseSensibility 

but unfortunately it does not work. After system restart mouse sensibility remains with old speed.

I also tried with cron: now after executing crontab -e I have following line:

@reboot xinput --set-float-prop 10 "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 1.8

but it also does not work for me.

Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

check : Linux Cron utility is an effective way to schedule a routine background job at a specific time and/or day on an on-going basis

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/06/15-practical-crontab-examples/