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.

  • cannedtuna
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    9 days 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.