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I just replaced my old Logitech mouse with a Microsoft Wireless Laser mouse, and the scrolling is too fast for my liking.

How can I adjust the scroll sensitivity?

Update:

I just updated to 10.04, but still don't see anything. Any changes?

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This totally depends on which interface you are using. If you are using KDE check this out if you are using Gnome check this out.

Currently in Gnome there is really no way to change this except in programs themselves. Example: Firefox's about:config you can change the mouse scroll by lines entry. From what I have read it is hard coded into either gtk or xorg.

For Firefox addon options a friend said SmoothWheel works wonders for him

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  • I'm using Gnome, but neither of those links addresses scrolling, which seems to be a hard-coded default.
    – chris
    Mar 27, 2010 at 0:07
  • @Chris updated answer with more research. Mar 27, 2010 at 0:49
  • I tried the firefox settings, but even at 1, it's a bit fast. And of course that doesn't help at all in Chrome.
    – chris
    Mar 27, 2010 at 2:32
  • @chris for chrome you can use chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/… Mar 27, 2010 at 2:38
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    kde link down. :<
    – sjas
    May 6, 2014 at 7:57
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I can't take credit for this, I read it somewhere else. I am running Mint 13, Cinnamon. If you are using MS Wireless:

  • Boot System
  • Log in
  • Unplug mouse receiver from USB port
  • Plug receiver back in
  • Voila

Mouse Wheel scrolling set to reasonable speed.

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  • This worked great under Lubuntu 12.10.
    – yop83
    Feb 26, 2013 at 2:21
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    I can confirm this also still works under Linux Mint 14 (MATE) Mar 9, 2013 at 0:37
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Try resetmsmice, which will fix this problem, without having to unplug and replug the mouse receiver. Many thanks to the author Paul F Richards, also the Ubuntu launchpad bug report

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I edited some about:config and works great. (Firefox 7.0.1, with Gnome on Linux 11.04)

  • mousewheel.withnokey.sysnumlines = false (Don't want to use system value)
  • mousewheel.withnokey.numlines = 1 (The lowest scroll possible)

If it's still fast, also change:

  • mousewheel.withnokey.action = 4 (Scroll using pixels, not lines)

Reference: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries#Mousewheel.

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