I just switched from Windows 10 to Bazzite with KDE 6. I have experience with linux before, but not as a main OS. I have a Logitech Performance MX. I used SetPoint on Windows to fine-tune things.

For some reason, my scroll wheel acts differently in almost every program. Firefox is the only one that feels normal. My scroll wheel clicks as I scroll, and in Windows that would do 3 lines up or down.

Nothing except Firefox follows the clicking, so all my scrolling is super fine-grained as if I were scrolling with a trachpad. I tried Solaar and that gave me an option to turn off smooth scrolling, but now I need to scroll 6 or more times to see any movement. Increasing sensitivity in KDE just means after 6 times of nothing, the next one is a huge leap. There’s no middle ground it seems and I’m losing my mind trying to fix this.

Is there anything else I can do?

  • rtxn@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 month ago

    Hmm… this might break the OS completely, but you could delete the module’s binary files. Can’t load it if it doesn’t exist in the first place.

    Run find /lib/modules -iname '*hidpp*' and move the files it found to a location where you can recover them later if needed, then reboot.

    • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1·
      1 month ago

      Hell, this is worth a shot.

      I 'm already shopping around for a new distro because of this. Games are completely unplayable because of the scroll wheel. The tiniest movement will swap weapons, even if I’m not touching the wheel at all.

      • rtxn@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 month ago

        If you decide to ditch Bazzite, try either Garuda or EndeavourOS. They’re both Arch-based, which is not something I’d recommend for a beginner, but the rolling release will ensure that you always have the latest software.

        I’ve found some more workarounds for a similar scrolling-related HID++ issue: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216885#c52 (I know I used dash instead of underscore in the module names, it shouldn’t matter since they’re automatically converted)

        • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.worksOP
          1·
          1 month ago

          Alright, I found a solution based on the last comment on that bug report!

          Scrolling applications in plasma task switcher with G903 Lightspeed (wireless mode) is so fast that is unusable, but sudo modprobe -r hid_logitech_hidpp fix this, are these bugs all related?

          Using that command turned every tiny scroll input into a full scroll. Pairing that with Solaar, disabling smooth scrolling, now everything works correctly!