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kali rolling 2018 with lightdm/mate enable "natural scrolling" aka "reverse scrolling"
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@license WTFPL – Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License - http://www.wtfpl.net | |
@author keinwort - https://github.com/keinwort | |
# on newer Kali releases the Xmodmap option won't work anymore for every window # | |
# "xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap" (for reloading) | |
<.Xmodmap | |
# pointer = 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | |
/.Xmodmap> | |
# so we must use other methods | |
### SYSTEMWIDE OPTIONS (for ALL users) | |
### for natural scrolling edit file -> /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf | |
### BUT this get lost on package-update | |
### https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/4e8e3i/broken_natural_scrolling_and_bluetooth_after/ | |
Section "InputClass" | |
Identifier "libinput pointer catchall" | |
MatchIsPointer "on" | |
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" | |
Driver "libinput" | |
# Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8" | |
Option "NaturalScrolling" "On" | |
EndSection | |
or to preserve the lost, put it in an extra file | |
# mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d | |
# touch /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-natural-scrolling.conf | |
# use your prefered editor and put this in | |
#----------------------- | |
Section "InputClass" | |
Identifier "Scrolling Natural" | |
MatchIsPointer "on" | |
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" | |
Driver "libinput" | |
### just different possibilities | |
# Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9" | |
#or | |
## Option "VertScrollDelta" "-1" | |
## Option "HorizScrollDelta" "-1" | |
## Option "DialDelta" "-1" | |
#or (used by me) | |
Option "NaturalScrolling" "On" | |
EndSection | |
#----------------------- | |
### or as single user OPTION (ie. your user) | |
### for it looks like this for example | |
### find device | |
xinput | |
... | |
# Razer Razer Ouroboros id=14 [slave pointer (2)] | |
# Razer Razer Ouroboros id=15 [slave pointer (2)] | |
... | |
### get device properties | |
xinput list-props 14 | |
... | |
# libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (286): 0 | |
# libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (287): 0 | |
... | |
### set device property | |
xinput set-prop 14 286 1 | |
# and put this in your ".profile" file |
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