How to Enable Trackball Scroll Wheel Emulation Debian Gnome Wayland

December 17, 2020 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Setting up

  1. 2. Enabling Trackball Scroll Wheel

    Now to Enable Trackball Scroll Wheel
    Simply play:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.trackball scroll-wheel-emulation-button 8

    And possibly replace the “8” with the choosen Trackball Button ID!
    How to Find the Trackball Button ID

    Find Device Button on Debian
  2. 3. Making Permanent Config

    Last, to make a Permanent Commands Configuration File
    For a Single User using the nano editor, put your both Commands into:

    nano ~/.xsessionrc

    Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor.
    So the setup should be consistent also after Reboot.

    xsessionrc setup

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