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
    4·
    8 hours ago

    I had the same issue with the MX Master 3S. It’s caused by the hi-res scroll wheel feature of Logitech’s HID++. If you have a Bolt dongle, try using that instead of Bluetooth.

    If that’s not a fix, try blacklisting the hid-logitech-hidpp kernel module.

    Arch wiki article about module blacklisting: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel_module#Blacklisting
    About kernel parameters in GRUB (should be the default bootloader in Bazzite): https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel_parameters#GRUB

    The easiest way to do it in GRUB is to:

    • open the /etc/default/grub file with root privileges
    • find the line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=...
    • insert module_blacklist=hid-logitech-hidpp to the end separated by a single space
    • save the file
    • run grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg as root to apply the changes
    • reboot

    This will prevent loading the HID++ module entirely. The OS then shouldn’t be able to interpret high-res scroll events. You’ll also have to enable or disable the scroll wheel resolution in Solaar to handle it properly.

    (edit) tested in a Bazzite VM and updated the steps.

    • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I can’t wait to try this when I get home today. I can’t thank you enough for the details. I’ll let you know how it goes later.

      if you have a Bolt dongle, try using that instead of Bluetooth.

      I use the unifying receiver that came with the mouse.