Continuous Scrolling in X?

tsandstr · 2018-03-10 14:42:43

This is my second time installing Arch. Last time was very successful, and I used the setup for a couple of months before I decided to start it over. This time everything is working except for one small issue. When I focus on a window that can scroll, it scrolls all by itself. The scroll doesn't happen in all programs, and is slightly different wherever it appears.

In firefox, the page always scrolls all the way to the right (not up/down). Aditionally, as I hold down the Ctrl key, the page zooms out.
In ranger, the selection moves down a few entries per second.
I suspect the same issue is causing issues in rofi, where the window closes almost instantly upon opening.

I am using bspwm as my window manager with sxhkd to provide keybinds. The issue doesn't present on the virtual console outside of X.

Any help would be greaty appreciated.

Last edited by tsandstr (2018-03-10 14:47:39)

Trilby · 2018-03-10 17:12:06

It sounds like a hardware or input driver issue. Do you have a trackpoint or similar pointing stick by chance?

tsandstr wrote:

The issue doesn't present on the virtual console outside of X.

How would it? Unless you are running an additional mouse driver for the console (they exist, but are not common) then there could be no such effect.

tsandstr · 2018-03-10 21:36:05

I'm fairly confident it isn't a hardware issue. I have unplugged my mouse and keyboard and the issue persists.

R00KIE · 2018-03-11 01:15:27

I would double check with xev if there are any key/button presses getting received and if there are which button presses are being received, that might provide a clue from where they are coming from.

Until more information is available, such as what king of machine we are talking about and which peripherals are connected, I'll have to side with Trilby, this sure looks like a hardware issue, either something is broken or some key is stuck. Don't forget that it's not just mice and keyboards that have buttons, I guess possible culprits might include any game controllers, stuff connected over bluetooth, maybe some headset, this is the stuff I can think of but I'm sure more can be added to the list.

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#1 2018-03-10 14:42:43

Continuous Scrolling in X?

#2 2018-03-10 17:12:06

Re: Continuous Scrolling in X?

#3 2018-03-10 21:36:05

Re: Continuous Scrolling in X?

#4 2018-03-11 01:15:27

Re: Continuous Scrolling in X?

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