Why does the mouse scroll speed go crazy after booting Windows, and why does unplugging it and plugging again...
I'm using a Microsoft wireless keyboard+mouse combo and I mainly use Arch Linux.
Whenever I boot MS Windows on my computer, when going back to Linux, my mouse scroll wheel is insanely fast.
Apparently, this is a common issue, as is also widely known (1) (2) (3) (4) that unplugging the usb receiver and plugging it again will solve the problem. I can confirm this works. Upon search, we can see that this is not restrict to Microsoft hardware, but Logitech and others as well.
The question is WHY? What is the explanation?
I use full disk encryption for my Linux system, including the boot partition. This rules out the hypothesis that Windows is interfering with Linux.
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I'm using a Microsoft wireless keyboard+mouse combo and I mainly use Arch Linux.
Whenever I boot MS Windows on my computer, when going back to Linux, my mouse scroll wheel is insanely fast.
Apparently, this is a common issue, as is also widely known (1) (2) (3) (4) that unplugging the usb receiver and plugging it again will solve the problem. I can confirm this works. Upon search, we can see that this is not restrict to Microsoft hardware, but Logitech and others as well.
The question is WHY? What is the explanation?
I use full disk encryption for my Linux system, including the boot partition. This rules out the hypothesis that Windows is interfering with Linux.
linux multi-boot mouse scroll-wheel
asked Feb 3 at 0:22
Marc.2377
547831
add a comment |
I'm using a Microsoft wireless keyboard+mouse combo and I mainly use Arch Linux.
Whenever I boot MS Windows on my computer, when going back to Linux, my mouse scroll wheel is insanely fast.
Apparently, this is a common issue, as is also widely known (1) (2) (3) (4) that unplugging the usb receiver and plugging it again will solve the problem. I can confirm this works. Upon search, we can see that this is not restrict to Microsoft hardware, but Logitech and others as well.
The question is WHY? What is the explanation?
I use full disk encryption for my Linux system, including the boot partition. This rules out the hypothesis that Windows is interfering with Linux.
linux multi-boot mouse scroll-wheel
asked Feb 3 at 0:22
Marc.2377
547831
I'm using a Microsoft wireless keyboard+mouse combo and I mainly use Arch Linux.
Whenever I boot MS Windows on my computer, when going back to Linux, my mouse scroll wheel is insanely fast.
Apparently, this is a common issue, as is also widely known (1) (2) (3) (4) that unplugging the usb receiver and plugging it again will solve the problem. I can confirm this works. Upon search, we can see that this is not restrict to Microsoft hardware, but Logitech and others as well.
The question is WHY? What is the explanation?
I use full disk encryption for my Linux system, including the boot partition. This rules out the hypothesis that Windows is interfering with Linux.
linux multi-boot mouse scroll-wheel
linux multi-boot mouse scroll-wheel
asked Feb 3 at 0:22
Marc.2377
547831
asked Feb 3 at 0:22
Marc.2377
547831
asked Feb 3 at 0:22
Marc.2377
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The problem is that Microsoft mice need to be reset when you dual boot between Windows and Linux... This is a known issue, and there is even a utility to fix it...
This program basically just resets a setting in the mouse through usb communication and then exits.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/resetmsmice/
Search "resetmsmice" and your distro, and there's probably a package already made to fix this ;-)
Arch Package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/resetmsmice
answered Dec 14 at 10:17
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The problem is that Microsoft mice need to be reset when you dual boot between Windows and Linux... This is a known issue, and there is even a utility to fix it...
This program basically just resets a setting in the mouse through usb communication and then exits.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/resetmsmice/
Search "resetmsmice" and your distro, and there's probably a package already made to fix this ;-)
Arch Package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/resetmsmice
answered Dec 14 at 10:17
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The problem is that Microsoft mice need to be reset when you dual boot between Windows and Linux... This is a known issue, and there is even a utility to fix it...
This program basically just resets a setting in the mouse through usb communication and then exits.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/resetmsmice/
Search "resetmsmice" and your distro, and there's probably a package already made to fix this ;-)
Arch Package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/resetmsmice
answered Dec 14 at 10:17
Ryan Erwin
506
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The problem is that Microsoft mice need to be reset when you dual boot between Windows and Linux... This is a known issue, and there is even a utility to fix it...
This program basically just resets a setting in the mouse through usb communication and then exits.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/resetmsmice/
Search "resetmsmice" and your distro, and there's probably a package already made to fix this ;-)
Arch Package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/resetmsmice
answered Dec 14 at 10:17
Ryan Erwin
506
The problem is that Microsoft mice need to be reset when you dual boot between Windows and Linux... This is a known issue, and there is even a utility to fix it...
This program basically just resets a setting in the mouse through usb communication and then exits.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/resetmsmice/
Search "resetmsmice" and your distro, and there's probably a package already made to fix this ;-)
Arch Package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/resetmsmice
answered Dec 14 at 10:17
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answered Dec 14 at 10:17
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