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I did an apt-get update and upgrade today and now the middle wheel on my mouse doesn't scroll in any program. I've tried finding documentation to get it to work again but to no avail. I even tried using gpointing-device-settings and that did not do the trick. I used xev to determine if the wheel is even being registered as a button and it's button 2. I was able to scroll internet browsers and in other programs, but now I get nothing.

I can open links by clicking the wheel button and I can paste, but no scroll function. I am using a Logitech G620 and up until today the mouse has worked fine.

How to solve this?

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  • Is there anything suspicious in your System Settings in the Mouse settings? Besides, gpointing-device-settings doesn't work with Gtk3 and seems to be dead (I've emailed their dev mailinglist, and the only answer I received was from a guy who quit the team some years ago and had no idea he still was on that list)
    – s3lph
    Jan 1, 2016 at 16:32
  • the_Seppi, I haven't seen anything suspcious in my System Settings. I also checked the Unity Tweak Tool...nothing there. Thanks for the reply though. I completely unistalled the gpointing-device-settings program tool
    – ta2tyrants
    Jan 1, 2016 at 17:41

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Reset to default
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I had to unplug the Unifying Receiver and plug it back in :)

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  • Was the rest of the mouse working including left and right click before replugging?
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Mar 23, 2018 at 17:46
  • Yes it did work
    – Atais
    Mar 23, 2018 at 17:50
  • lol. Such a simple solution but worked perfectly.
    – dance2die
    May 25, 2019 at 2:36
  • 2 years later and it still helped me.
    – Shmuly
    Jun 3, 2020 at 0:35
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open a terminal window and type xev. an event tester window will pop open and you can see if all of your mouse functions are working.

it will show clicks, scrolls, movements, etc.

after testing my mouse, all of a sudden my scrolling started working again...

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I had a similar circumstance where my HP wireless mouse's wheel stopped working after an update.

Disconnecting the receiver and reconnecting it worked for me.

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