Version: (using KDE KDE 3.2.0) Installed from: Mandrake RPMs OS: Linux This bug actually applies to KDE 3.2 BRANCH >= 20040204 included in Mandrake 10.0 Community in general, not just Konsole, but that is where I discovered it. I am using a synaptics touchpad with the latest driver from Peter Osterlund (http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html) on a Dell latitude c640 laptop. When I perform a vertical scroll using the touchpad's virtual scrollwheel, the horizontal scrollbar to moves (if present) rather than the vertical bar. Performing a horizontal scroll on the thouchpad causes the vertical scrollbar to move. This behaviour is fixed by going into KDE Control Center -> Peripherals -> Mouse and then toggling the "Reverse scroll polarity" option on and back off and then pressing "Apply". However, this fix only lasts for one session and must be applied everytime I login.
Does it also happen with non-KDE apps? Did you try the tip "Vertical and horizontal scrolling events are mixed up. How come?" that is on the page your link leads to?
actually, I found the problem to be on mandrake's end (i think). For some reason they use xmodmap to remap a few mouse buttons, i'm not really sure why since my selected mouse in mandrake is "universal usb or ps/2". anyway, i just recall xmodmap in another script to work around the issue.
Okay, so it's a distro problem.