Comment 109 for bug 124440

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Michi Henning (michihenning) wrote : Re: [Bug 124440] Re: [enhancement] Ubuntu needs a way to set mouse wheel scrolling speed

The bug that won’t die…

Michi.

> On 2 Aug 2021, at 19:05, Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden> wrote:
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> ** Tags removed: groovy
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124440
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> Title:
> [enhancement] Ubuntu needs a way to set mouse wheel scrolling speed
>
> Status in gnome-control-center:
> Unknown
> Status in GTK+:
> New
> Status in Mir:
> Fix Released
> Status in Unity:
> Invalid
> Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in mir package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu:
> Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> This has been driving me nuts for a while now. The scroll wheel on my
> desktop mouse (it's an MS wireless optical mouse model 1008) scrolls
> rather fast. Instead of moving a few lines, it scrolls half a page or
> more with a very gentle scroll. The bluetooth mouse I use with my
> laptop does not do this so it's probably somewhat hardware specific.
> However, I'm wondering if there is a way to modify the speed or
> sensitivity. I found an answer here from about a year ago
> (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/1339) that suggests
> there isn't a way but I'm wondering if anything has changed since
> then. I've also skimmed through synaptic but didn't see anything
> promising (like gsynaptic for touchpads).
>
> Thanks.
>
> See https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/9200 for more
> information.
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