I ran xev and turned the wheel a bit and the event is repeated infinitely. The only thing I could find that would stop the repeating is to Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a different terminal.
KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001, root 0x7a, subw 0x0, time 18887985, (167,-11), root:(841,15), state 0x0, keycode 122 (keysym 0x1008ff11, XF86AudioLowerVolume), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001, root 0x7a, subw 0x0, time 18887985, (167,-11), root:(841,15), state 0x0, keycode 122 (keysym 0x1008ff11, XF86AudioLowerVolume), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: XFilterEvent returns: False -- Volume control wheel on laptop is sticking in ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271706 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs