In some games it is impossible to use scroll wheel while mouse is in motion

[Newfie]

Unsure if this was the correct package, but since it involves the mouse I assumed Xorg would be a good guess.

Reproduce:

1) Install Urban Terror or Quake Live.

2) Use scroll-wheel features ingame; if your mouse is stationary, it will work. While moving the mouse, the scrolling is not registered.

This seems to be mostly related to Quake 3 engine games. It's a massive issue and makes certain games unplayable. Was working fine before switching to Precise.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
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CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Apr 27 12:37:16 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
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ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
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   Subsystem: Device [1b0a:9096]
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SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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[Smuj (smuj)]

Mouse scroll/tilt wheel doesn't respond while the mouse is moving. Only affects some games for me but one person says it also happens elsewhere.

This started when Arch Linux upgraded from xorg-server 1.11.4 to 1.12.0 and persists now that it's upgraded to 1.12.0.901 (1.12.1 rc1). Downgrading to xorg-server 1.11.4 and xf86-input-evdev 2.6.0 seems to solve the problem.

For a bit more info please have a look at a description of the issue posted here:
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2012-March/054338.html

and an Arch Linux bug report and forum thread here:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29191?project=1&string=xorg-server

and here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=138322

Thanks

[Smuj (smuj)]

Created attachment 59403
Xorg.0.log while running xorg-server 1.11.4 & xf86-input-evdev 2.6.0

This problem didn't exist with these versions.

[Smuj (smuj)]

Created attachment 59404
Xorg.0.log while running xorg-server 1.12.0.901 & xf86-input-evdev 2.7.0

[Smuj (smuj)]

Created attachment 59405
xinput list-props & query-state from the 2 versions

No idea if this is useful but thought the differences between the 2 versions might be significant.

[Jim Duchek (jim-duchek)]

This new version causes my tilt wheel to report the same buttons as scroll. (That is, I get up/down scroll events on either an actual scroll, or tilt left/right). Not sure if it's related to this bug but may possibly be.

[Nicola Rosati (supernaicol)]

I can confirm this bug affects me too, starting when i upgraded my ubuntu system from oneiric to the precise beta.
Downgrading xorg and the evdev driver to the oneiric versions resolves the issue.

[rationalperseus (rationalperseus)]

Confirming the bug with Arch Linux 32-bit.

[Newfie (mn-newfie)]

Found this upstream bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48167

Seems to be exactly what I am experiencing.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Roman Skrzypiński (roman0)]

Also affects ezQuake and ioquake3 (which Urban Terror is based on). Good to see it's just a software bug, for a while there I thought my new mouse started to malfunction.

[Konrad (konrad-stobiecki)]

Same here, in QL :( after upgrading to 12.04 it ruined the game.

[mononoke_ (mononoke)]

Any workarounds before it gets fixed?
I've read in some other forum that downgrading xserver-xorg-input-evdev fixes the problem. Too bad, don't know how to do it.. Can anyone suggest the way it can be (safely) done?

[Astiak-ahmed (astiak-ahmed)]

Confirming the bug here too. Arch Linux 64-bit.

[Smuj (smuj)]

Using Arch Linux ABS I rebuilt xorg-server 1.12.2 with the patch found at:

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=2d4fda4b09e67e47d3e6fc4743fc6e81bfe40f28

and the problem is solved.

Thank You :)

[mononoke_ (mononoke)]

Congrats Smuj, good for ya!
Is it possible to rebuild xorg-server on Ubuntu 12.04? Sorry for my ignorance, I'm only a 'light' user of linux. Would not know whether ABS works in ubuntu, etc.
How long would it take for this fix to reach folks like me with normal distribution updates? I can't wait to get back to my favorite game that was ruinded for me by ubuntu 12.04 release.
I like the idea of open source very much, but having used Win platform for my work, I think linux would not survive in a tough production/engineering environmet - the support is too loose. Getting a bit disappointed now after initial open source euphoria is gone.

[Nicola Rosati (supernaicol)]

Citing professor Hubert Farnsworth: "Good news, everyone".

I've just followed Smuj suggestions, and I created a patched version of the xorg sources for ubuntu, uploaded it on my ppa, and it compiled!!

So, if you suffer for this bug, you have precise (ubuntu 12.04) installed, and you are willing to trust me :-), you can add the ppa:supernaicol/xorg to your package sources, then do a full upgrade, and the problem should be solved; for information on the procedure, follow the instructions on https://launchpad.net/~supernaicol/+archive/xorg

Note: the version of the xorg packages is derived from the quantal version, so it supersedes all the versions in precise and precise-proposed.

I hope i can keep it updated in the future, for the moment enjoy it!

Nicola

[mononoke_ (mononoke)]

Thanks a million, Nicola! Managed to add your repository and do an upgrade. Works like a charm now! Let's hope your fix will make its way into official ubuntu repositories soon. Well done!

[rationalperseus (rationalperseus)]

Confirming Sam's solution with the http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=2d4fda4b09e67e47d3e6fc4743fc6e81bfe40f28 patch.

[Nicola Rosati (supernaicol)]

Added the same patched packages for quantal!
Bye Bye.

[Newfie (mn-newfie)]

It would be pretty awesome if this could get pushed into the official repos. Why hasn't it?

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Newfie, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-input-evdev REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs