[linux-audio-user] Mouse speed configuration & realtime restart issue

I know this is not really the place to ask for it but I don't think it's worth subscribing to a new list just for this simple question. I run fluxbox on an Asus L2000D laptop. Everything is fine except that I can't set my mouse speed!! I searched the holy google but nothing turned up or the solutions didn't work ("xset m X Y" seems to only configure my touchpad and "Option Resolution x" in XF86Config-4 doesn't do anything). Anyone knows how to do that? Apart from that everything's fine except that I have to do "sudo /etc/init.d/realtime restart" everytime I want to run jack as normal user. It doesn't seem to read quite well the /etc/default/realtime when starting because this is already set to grant realtime default to all users in audio group. I run debian unstable, kernel 2.6.8.