Solved: Mouse wheel scrolling - skips initial clicks

cal2 · ‎01-21-2022

When using an Ubuntu guest, I've noticed that scrolling from my mouse (Logitech MX Master 3) skips. It seems to take at least two scrolls until whichever app starts to scroll properly (albeit slowly). Doesn't happen on the Windows host, and doesn't happen on another Ubuntu PC with the same mouse. Appears to happen with other mice as well (Kensington Expert Wireless, to be specific).

Version of Workstation Pro: 16.2.2 build-19200509, Windows host is Version 1909 OS Build 18363.1977

Things I've tried so far:
Turning off Smooth scrolling via Logi Options+ Workstation 14 - no Logitech mouse wheel in guest - VMware Technology Network VMTN
Best solution from Solved: Mouse wheel scrolling skips clicks - VMware Technology Network VMTN
Running VMware Workstation as admin Problem: no mouse scroll wheel support - VMware Technology Network VMTN

No difference with any solution

deamon999 · ‎10-05-2023

sudo apt install imwheel

#you can either run now "imwheel" in terminal and see that its working and mouse scrolls are not skipping. Or, you can add also imwheel command to startup, so that it works everytime when you launch the OS:

mkdir ~/.config/autostart

cd ~/.config/autostart

touch imwheel.desktop && nano imwheel.desktop

#paste the following inside as given

[Desktop Entry]

Type=Application

Exec=/usr/bin/imwheel (your application path)

Hidden=false

X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true

Name[en_US]=imwheel

Name=imwheel

# Save it CTRL+S and quit CTRL+X

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fabio1975 · ‎01-21-2022

Ciao

you tried to change this VMware Workstation setting in some situations where the mouse was having trouble activating or scrolling the change helped me:

By default, it is automatic try to put it in Never

Fabio

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cal2 · ‎01-21-2022

Hey fabio1975 thanks for taking a look. No luck with that though, on or off.

deamon999 · ‎10-05-2023