Mousewheel Scrolls in Opposite Directions

daniel227 · 2012-09-01 12:13:54

Hello everybody!

I'm getting better at creating precise thread titles - not much to add to this.

so, when i scroll down, it scrolls up and when i scroll up it scrolls down. happens in firefox as well as in file manager (thunar or pcmanfm).

my installation is originally xubuntu but i did a lot of tweaking. for a long time i thought this is an openbox thing, but now i booted into the default xubuntu session with xfwm4 as window manager, and it's the same.
[openbox has a feature for workspace switching by scrolling on the desktop background, and there it gets even worse: it switches quickly to the other workspace and back to the first (i have only two).]

i have no freaking clue what's happening here...

thankful for any help!!!

Last edited by daniel227 (2012-09-04 04:56:10)

SantaFe · 2012-09-01 14:58:29

Have you tried clicking on Menu/Settings/Mouse And Touchpad? Look below in the Devices tab (should open to that automatically) & see if Reverse Scroll Direction is checkmarked? If it is, uncheckmark it & it should go back to normal. You might have to pick the mouse/touchpad from the Device menu if there's more than one device listed.

Last edited by SantaFe (2012-09-01 14:59:20)

daniel227 · 2012-09-04 05:00:35

thanks. it's not checked.
checking it helps in the default xubuntu session.
but with openbox i'm not using the session manager anymore, so in my openbox session, i check it, but no change, also it unchecks itself.
what is taking care of the mouse anyway?

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Mousewheel Scrolls in Opposite Directions

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