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Asked: 2026-05-26T15:24:26+00:00

In Ubuntu (Gnome) there is absolutely no way the change the mouse wheel scroll

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In Ubuntu (Gnome) there is absolutely no way the change the mouse wheel scroll rate for GTK applications. It is hard-coded in GTK and determined by a “smart” algorithm which dynamically depends on the window size.

So I downloaded the source and found the function that returns the step value. I changed it to return a very small number first, and then 0 (to see if it has any affect at all).

I did

./configure
make
sudo make install

as instructed by GTK website.

It compiles with no problems (I have the libraries)

Bu then, I restart and it has absolutely no affect. My guess is Ubuntu is still using the original GTK it shipped with. What do you think is wrong here?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Well, the GTK libraries used by Ubuntu are under /usr/lib but the one you did build and installed are under /usr/local/lib (because the implicit --prefix to configure is /usr/local not /usr).

    Probably, by setting your LD_LIBRARY_PATH to look into /usr/local/lib before /usr/lib should help.

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