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I'm using a Logitech K750(keyboard) and M705(mouse) using the same (one!) unifying USB connector. I paired them with my mac, but use them on my desktop with Ubuntu 12.10. Works nice. Just a few adjustments I'd like to do.

This mouse allows to disable the "steps" of the scroll wheel easily, which enables me on the mac to scroll stepless like using a touchpad. I'm not talking about smooth scrolling but stepless scrolling! This does somehow not work on Ubuntu. Is there no possibility to do this? This mouse also supports horizontal scrolling (not stepless). Is there a way to adjust these features? Maybe in xorg.conf? Maybe someone has a mouse xorg.conf-section I can experiment with?

xev | grep button tells me there's no difference between using the wheel with or without steps (Button 4 and 5). So the thing should just be a question of software interpretation. At least it's a question of making steps smaller (1 pixel?) and enable acceleration, I think.

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Sounds like a driver issue, smooth scrolling for Linux is new after all. Have you tested this mouse with 12.10? – NoBugs Oct 27 '12 at 16:28
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I'd be interested in seeing a screencast of the expected behavior, if you don't mind. I have the same setup and use "hyper-fast" scrolling all the time. I haven't noticed any problems, but I also haven't seen how other operating systems respond to it. – ændrük Nov 8 '12 at 21:11
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For those unfamiliar with the mouse: A toggle switch adjacent to the scroll wheel physically decouples the wheel's ratcheting mechanism, allowing the wheel to spin freely. The wheel is weighted, so it can spin on its own like a flyweel for several seconds, generating hundreds of otherwise-normal clicks per second. – ændrük Nov 8 '12 at 21:35
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I think this is a nice example. I have the G9 but I didn't miss the stepless scrolling, then I saw your question and now I do :( – Gerhard Burger Jan 16 at 20:48
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With natural scrolling you mean the direction you slide with your fingers with a touchpad I suppose. Well, it's comparable with the smooth stepless scrolling of some touchpads (especially on MACs). The video in the comment before yours shows it well. Stepless scrolling allows you to control scrolling accurate to one pixel if needed in an intuitive way and is not confusing while reading. You need a mouse with a little extra button or a touchpad to use this. – chocobai Jan 28 at 11:36
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In /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the mouse section:

Option         "Buttons" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

in /etc/X11/imwheel/startup.conf:

IMWHEEL_START=1
IMWHEEL_PARAMS='-b "0 0 0 0 6 7"'
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In my xorg.conf is no mouse section. Also, /etc/X11/imwheel/ does not exist. I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 (I'll edit this info in the question above now). – chocobai Feb 20 at 15:54
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you can add mouse section manually in xorg.conf. Is imwheel package installed in your system? – jasmines Feb 20 at 16:03
I just installed imwheel and configured startup.conf. But I'm not sure on how to create a mouse section yet. (Seems like it does not work without it). Do I see it right that the "mouse" section is supposed to be a "InputDevice" section? (x.org/archive/X11R6.8.2/doc/mouse5.html) Also, it seems like that the horizontal scrolling does not work anymore since I installed and configured imwheel. These Keys have now the same function as the back/forward buttons. (they also have the same numbers) – chocobai Feb 20 at 16:22
Also, I don't see how this is going to give me stepless scrolling. As far as I get this, imwheel just maps the buttons to a function. I solved the horizontal scrolling by changing the map to the standard one for now, which is for my mouse: IMWHEEL_PARAMS='-b "4 5 6 7 8 9 10"' (10 is a third thump button). – chocobai Feb 20 at 16:46

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