Disable hi-resolution scrolling on Linux

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If your mouse wheel behaves weirdly in games, you may need to disable high resolution scrolling in modprobe or xinput/libinput settings. This is a common problem on Logitech gaming mouses.

Method 1 : Using modprobe

1. Unload "hid_logitech_hidpp" kernel module

sudo modprobe -r hid_logitech_hidpp

2. To disable it permanently, blacklist the module in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

echo "blacklist hid_logitech_hidpp" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

3. Reboot

Method 2 : Using xinput/libinput

X.Org

1. List all devices

xinput list

2. Set high resolution to 0 (replace 9 with your mouse device id from the first command)

xinput set-prop 9 "libinput High Resolution Wheel Scroll Enabled" 0

3. To disable it permanently, create a file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-libinput-no-hires-scroll.conf

4. Put this

Section "InputClass"
  Identifier "Disable high-resolution scrolling"
  MatchDriver "libinput"
  Option "HighResolutionWheelScrolling" "off"
EndSection

5. Reboot

Wayland

1. List all devices

libinput list-devices

2. Create a file named "local-overrides.quirks" in /etc/libinput/

sudo nano /etc/libinput/local-overrides.quirks

3. Put this (Make sure to change MatchName with your device name shown with the first step)

[Logitech G502]
MatchName=Logitech G502
AttrEventCode=-REL_WHEEL_HI_RES;-REL_HWHEEL_HI_RES;

4. Reboot

This doesn't seem to work in the latest libinput version 1.29 anymore. I have to downgrade libinput to get it to work again. There seems to be an issue on this: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/issues/1160

They have fixed this. Until it rolls out, possible workarounds are:

• building libinput yourself (https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/building.html)
• downloading the older version as a rpm / deb file:
  Fedora: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=2610141
  Debian: https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libi/libinput/

I have been using version 1.27.1-1 on Fedora 42 and it works great. Just keep in mind that with each new update libinput will get upgraded too.