Mouse (wheel) settings are not universal (piefed.social)

submitted 20 hours ago by HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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My mouse wheel is fucked, I've used xinput set-button-map to disable the wheel but it doesn't work in everything. It works in browser, file manager etc but not in terminal, FreeTube etc.

Anyone have a suggestion on how to get it working universally? I've been thinking of opening the wheel and ripping some connections out, but I'd like to keep the mouse wheel button working.

Also, my monthly budget is -50€ so buying a new mouse is not currently something I can do.

Running Debian 13 with the xfce desktop. Machine is a gift from the ancient gods, compaq presario CQ61, marvel this magnificent beast.

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[-] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

xinput only deals with X11.

Wayland can use Xwayland to run X11 software, but they live in their own little X11 world. You probably have some Wayland-native programs and some X11 programs running

you can list running X11 software with $ xlsclients.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/326373/configure-extra-mouse-button-as-a-second-middle-click-under-wayland/587975#587975

There are a couple suggestions there to remap things. I haven't used input-remapper myself, but I've heard positive things about it. It's packaged in Debian trixie.

[-] entwine@programming.dev 4 points 19 hours ago

Maybe this will help you?

Idk about xinput, but my first assumption is that the reason it doesn't work in some apps is because of Xorg vs Wayland. An evdev based solution should work universally.

[-] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 1 points 19 hours ago

I think the X11 is giving me grief with this one. Libinput is not anywhere to be seen and such... I'll have to return to figuring this out, if I don't find another solution lol

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

What mouse are you using? Generic? Logitech? Or Razer?

[-] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago

Steelseries, model number 62271.

Model year 7BCE.

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Doesn’t look super special, so I’m not sure why the scroll wheel would behave differently per application.

Did you ever need software to configure mouse profiles for it on Windows?

There’s Piper, an application specifically for configuring gaming mice, including Steelseries mice.

[-] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 2 points 17 hours ago

I never used this with windows.

I'll check out Piper, thanks!

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