Lateral mouse movement stops scroll wheel

[Russell Haley]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 9:24 AM Simon Walter <simon at explicit.technology>
wrote:

> On 2020-07-29 23:46, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> > On Wednesday July 29 2020 20:55:59 Simon Walter wrote:
> >> Yes. I like that. However, Russel Haley is the OP. So maybe reply to him
> >> if you know what the solution might be.
> >
> > I have no solution, I think it's an intended behaviour.
> "...when there is lateral movement on the mouse, the scrolling from the
> wheel is canceled."
>
> That doesn't sound like "intended behaviour" to me. Did you get the part
> where he is running Kdevelop in a VM?
>
> There is no mention of touchpad or two finger scroll. That is what I
> said I experienced to demonstrate the problem might be between the host
> and guest and touchpad vs mouse. There are different events, AFAIK - not
> to mention touchscreen (can't remember what the correct device name is).
>
> Russell, if that is not enough of a hint where to look for the problem,
> you might be able to get better help posting on the Ubuntu forum or
> askubuntu.com. I don't think it's specific to Kdevelop.
>
> In any case, if you do post back, please let us know:
> -Does the VM have a touchpad or a mouse driver loaded?
>   # cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep -iE 'mouse|touch'
>
Thanks I'll check that

> -Is the host a physical laptop?
>
-If it is a laptop, does the behaviour change when using a USB mouse?
> -Is the host OS Windows?
>
Host 1: Custom PC (AMD Ryzen) with KUbuntu 20.
Hosts 2-4: Dell PCs of varying age, all Windows 10

> -It's Virtual Box, no?
>
Yes. All 4 are copies of the same VM running in 6.1.x

> -What is the DE or WM in the VM?
>
Mate DE in all VMs.

Thanks again!
Russ

>
> Best regards,
>
> Simon
>
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