Bug 80881

Summary:	synaptic touchpad scroll wheel is backwards in KDE with Mandrake 10
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Eric Eubank <derbaff>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Eric Eubank 2004-05-04 08:14:11 UTC

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.

Comment 1 Christian Loose 2004-05-18 13:30:46 UTC

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?

Comment 2 Eric Eubank 2004-05-19 00:27:41 UTC

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.

Comment 3 Christian Loose 2004-05-19 10:10:31 UTC

Okay, so it's a distro problem.