My mouse wheel has stopped working. It doesn't scroll up and down when previously it worked. How can I configure what each button of the mouse does? I use Ubuntu 10.10.
Ubuntu – My mouse wheel has stopped scrolling up and down
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Above solutions didn't work for me however...
The fix for me for this (I had the problme for months!) was kinda surreal and like most folks I didn't believe it until I did it:
Turns out some MS mice have a scrollwheel bug.
Try unplugging the USB cable / dongle then plug back in.
That's it!
Now my mouse moves normally (one line at a time, not half a screen!)
This worked even though I use a 4-port screen/keyboard/mouse KVM box ! Yeah!
Firefox
You can use some firefox options to both disable the default action which is to paste on clicking the middle-mouse button and also to turn on auto-scrolling.
First - in the Firefox - Preferences - Advance settings ensure you have the following options checked:
- Use Autoscrolling
- Use Smooth scrolling
Then in the Awesome bar type about:config
Search for *autoscroll and double click *general.AutoScroll to change from "false" to "true"
Now search for middlemouse
- middlemouse.contentLoadURL = false
- middlemouse.openNewWindow = false
- middlemouse.paste = false
Then restart firefox
When you middle click you should now see this symbol to scroll:
Best Answer
I was using a Logitech M510 wireless bluetooth mouse and was experiencing this issue with Ubuntu 18.04. I noticed that xev was not detecting any events for the scroll. To solve my issue, I turned off the mouse and then turned it back on and it worked.