mouse scrolling doesnt work... again (ubuntu 8.10)

I have had this problem a few times already with each ubuntu release, but it never seems to get fixed. Until now I could just go into the xorg.conf file and edit the things i needed to edit to make it work, but it seems Ubuntu (and Fedora 10, which also had scrolling problems) have moved away from the xorg.conf file. Now I'm completely lost and have no idea how to even start working with this problem.

Scrolling doesn't work on the touchpad or my logitech G9 mouse. If anyone has any idea how to get scrolling to work that would be great.

Another side problem (if you happen to be in a helpful mood ) is that none of the "extra" buttons (side buttons, tilt wheel) map properly. They all map to either mouse1, mouse2 or mouse3 (so for example my front side button acts as right click). If you happen to know a fix to this I would like to know it, but really, its not that important to me (scrolling however, is really important).

 

What mouse do you have?

 

This page describes a solution for touchpad scrolling with an Asus F3S on 8.10-64.
Cheers.

 

NoteBookForums doesn't like me doing this, apparently, but it just seems like a quicker solution... any moderator, feel free to delete my post.
EMZ.

 

yuackk ubuntu!
Anyways try using a normal mouse first and see if it works.

 

im able to see the touchpad tab in mouse configuration and "vertical scrolling" is checked off, so it *should* work but it doesnt. Also, the part on the right side of the touchpad which would normally be allocated for scrolling doesnt make the mouse move either, it just does nothing.

tried using a normal mouse and it is able to scroll. After I unplugged it and plugged my G9 mouse back in, the G9 is able to scroll (but that will likely stop working again after a reboot).

 

Your OS is gross!

 

Let's not degenerate this into a first grade argument guys. Behave like adults and keep this civil.

 

I found something out that may be able to help! My scroll wheel scrolls horizontally, not vertically like it should.

 

Just in case someone is following this thread and they are having the same problem, I found a fix for it. The fact that horizontal and vertical scrolling were switched lead me to find xinput. This command fixed the G9 mouse (I left the touchpad backwards since i seem to like it that way):

First off type in "xinput list" and locate the mouse's id number, mine was 8

Code:

$ xinput list
...
"Logitech G9 Laser Mouse"	[B]id=8[/B]	[XExtensionPointer]
	Num_buttons is 32
	Num_axes is 2
	Mode is Relative
	Motion_buffer is 256
	Axis 0 :
		Min_value is -1
		Max_value is -1
		Resolution is 1
	Axis 1 :
		Min_value is -1
		Max_value is -1
		Resolution is 1
...

then type in this command:

Code:

$ xinput set-button-map [B]8[/B] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

where the bold 8 is the id number you found in the previous step.

Basically, for some reason when Ubuntu was first installed, the xmodmap went 1 2 3 6 7 4 5 for some reason. This changes that to the proper way.


Another thing, if you want the touchpad and the mouse to scroll like they should, just use this command:

Code:

$ xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7"

hope that helps someone else out, took a few hours of googling to come up with a fix for this.

EDIT: It seems that after a logout or restart this fix needs to be reapplied, so to have it applied automatically for you each time you must go to System->Preferences->Sessions then under the "Startup Programs" tab click "Add." Once in the "Add" menu, give it a name (mouseFix for example) then in the command box type whichever command you preferred from above (such as xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7")