Comment 45 for bug 124440

Just because one person upstream closes it when they think it's not
affecting anyone doesn't mean there aren't other developers who are
concerned about it. Can you please keep the noise down on these bug reports
so important information doesn't get lost?

On 3 March 2013 21:06, G9283 <email address hidden> wrote:

> *sigh* I just looked at the reported by timestamp: 2007-07-06
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> Title:
> Ubuntu needs a way to set mouse scrolling speed
>
> Status in GNOME Control Center:
> Unknown
> Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit:
> Fix Released
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
> New
> Status in Unity:
> Invalid
> Status in Unity 2D:
> Invalid
> Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> This has been driving me nuts for a while now. The scroll wheel on my
> desktop mouse (it's an MS wireless optical mouse model 1008) scrolls
> rather fast. Instead of moving a few lines, it scrolls half a page or
> more with a very gentle scroll. The bluetooth mouse I use with my
> laptop does not do this so it's probably somewhat hardware specific.
> However, I'm wondering if there is a way to modify the speed or
> sensitivity. I found an answer here from about a year ago
> (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/1339) that suggests
> there isn't a way but I'm wondering if anything has changed since
> then. I've also skimmed through synaptic but didn't see anything
> promising (like gsynaptic for touchpads).
>
> Thanks.
>
> See https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/9200 for more
> information.
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