Linux

2415 readers

35 users here now

Shit, just linux.

Use this community for anything related to linux for now, if it gets too huge maybe there will be some sort of meme/gaming/shitpost spinoff. Currently though… go nuts

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

carrot

Having trouble with mouse software (self.linux)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by jws_shadotak to c/linux

12 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I just switched from Windows 10 to Bazzite with KDE 6. I have experience with linux before, but not as a main OS. I have a Logitech Performance MX. I used SetPoint on Windows to fine-tune things.

For some reason, my scroll wheel acts differently in almost every program. Firefox is the only one that feels normal. My scroll wheel clicks as I scroll, and in Windows that would do 3 lines up or down.

Nothing except Firefox follows the clicking, so all my scrolling is super fine-grained as if I were scrolling with a trachpad. I tried Solaar and that gave me an option to turn off smooth scrolling, but now I need to scroll 6 or more times to see any movement. Increasing sensitivity in KDE just means after 6 times of nothing, the next one is a huge leap. There's no middle ground it seems and I'm losing my mind trying to fix this.

Is there anything else I can do?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I believe for mouse config in all DEs there are issues with the libinput library and X11 which can somewhat limit config options. If you're using Wayland then you should find an advanced tab in the mouse options in KDE settings app which may do what you want.

Otherwise imwheel is widely recommended command line tool. There is a comprehensive guide linked below, and the tool can be autostarted in the background once setup.

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/mouse-scroll-speed

[–] jws_shadotak 1 points 2 months ago

KDE switched evdev to libinput and dropped some options, including the advanced config tab in the KDE mouse settings.

Here's all the options I have:

(Screenshot taken from my laptop, but the menu for this mouse is the same)