Mouse scroll speed

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#1

Hi, I’m new to OpenSUSE, But not to Linux.

Very pleased with OpenSUSE KDE in general, It looks really nice and polished and I can see myself using it for a long time, However I currently have an issue with the mouse scroll speed.

I have gone through the settings and set the mouse wheel to only scroll 1 line at a time but it has no effect, My mouse has a ‘ratchet’ type wheel and one click literally scrolls an entire web page regardless of what settings I use.

It is a Microsoft wireless keyboard/mouse combo (Wireless 800 keyboard and wireless 1000 mouse - both using the same receiver).

This is the only problem I have (so far) but it’s a very annoying one so any help would be greatly appreciated. :slight_smile:

Regards Dave.

#2

Ok so I’m an idiot, (You’ll all come to realise that sooner or later) :slight_smile:

I found a post on the Ubuntu forums from a user having similar issues with Ubuntu 13.04 (which I have used and never had this issue).

Anyway the community solution was to unplug the receiver and plug it back in again.

And wouldn’t you know it, That actually worked rotfl!

Now if I can just stop typing apt-get in the console I’m all set.

#3

DaveMB wrote:
>
> Ok so I’m an idiot, (You’ll all come to realise that sooner or later) :slight_smile:
>
> I found a post on the Ubuntu forums from a user having similar issues
> with Ubuntu 13.04 (which I have used and never had this issue).
>
> Anyway the community solution was to unplug the receiver and plug it
> back in again.
>
> And wouldn’t you know it, That actually worked rotfl!
>
> Now if I can just stop typing apt-get in the console I’m all set.
>
>

Try these instead of apt
https://news.opensuse.org/2013/03/22/opensuse-for-new-geekos/#ubuntu

GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

#4

Thanks, I’ll take a proper look at that later, theirs a lot for me to learn.
EG: I didn’t know I should use su instead of sudo.

I’ve been using Ubuntu for such a long time.

#5

DaveMB wrote:
>
> vazhavandan;2583396 Wrote:
>>
>>
>> Try these instead of apt
>> https://news.opensuse.org/2013/03/22/opensuse-for-new-geekos/#ubuntu
>>
>
> Thanks, I’ll take a proper look at that later, theirs a lot for me to
> learn.
> EG: I didn’t know I should use su instead of sudo.
>
> I’ve been using Ubuntu for such a long time.
>
>
yeah people in these forums tend to advice use “su -” with a - after su

The need for the hyphen or whatever you call it as shown below

clue:- look at the prompt after login


$su
Password:
linux-8zs1:/home/dartmouth # exit
$su -
Password:
linux-8zs1:~ # logout
$

–
GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

#6

Ok thanks, is the su login released when I close the terminal or is a manual logout required?

#7

DaveMB wrote:
>
> Ok thanks, is the su login released when I close the terminal or is a
> manual logout required?
>
>
As you should have notices su - changes environment variables too to
that of root user.

I use ctrl+D to logout.Pressing ctrl+D again exits terminal or
konsole(KDE used konsole instead of terminal).

–
GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

#8

Ok, thanks for your help. :slight_smile:

#9

Simply closing the window will kill all associated process so yes in essence you log out as root as well as your self in that process chain.

#10

Ok, thanks :slight_smile: