Mouse scroll not working on Oracle VirtualBox

Question

I have Windows7x64 and Oracle VirtualBox 4.1.18 installed on it.I installed Ubuntu 12.04x64 and when I use it, mouse scrolling(Logitech M175) is not working. What I should do to make it work?

Solution 1

The problem was with guest additions I installed them via windows and they didn't work proper. After it I reinstalled them at Ubuntu and everything is working.

Solution 2

Disabling mouse integration in virtualbox solved this problem for me.

Solution 3

I've found this happened because VirtualBox thought I was holding the Alt key. Focusing the guest OS and tapping Alt a few times seems to restore proper scrolling.

See https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/6171

I can now reproduce this at will with the following sequence of operations:

1. Switch out of VirtualBox to another program
2. Hold down Alt key
3. Click of VirtualBox window
4. Observe that the scroll wheel has stopped working

Comments

[Takkat]

Did you install guest additions?

[Chen]

may you have to install your mouse driver

[Viacheslav Kondratiuk]

Thank you, the problem was with guest additions I installed them via windows and they didn't work proper. After it I reinstalled them at Ubuntu and everything is working.

[ashes999]

Possible dupe of askubuntu.com/questions/152742/…, which has better answers than disabling integration

[Kolyunya]

Solved the same problem on Debian7 for me.

[RobM]

And don't forget there is also an Alt key on the right side of the keyboard. Both of mine were "stuck"

[ashes999]

I find my own answer useful months later. I'm just surprised this keeps breaking (mouse scrolling), forcing me to update VirtualBox + Extension Pack + Guest Additions.

[Xitcod13]

Could you please provide how to disable mouse integration... An answer that forces you to do additional search is not ideal

[Gergely Lukacsy]

Holy crap, it worked! +1!