Just found a solution. it looks like sonypi handles the scrolling correctly, but sony-laptop doesn't.
blacklisting the sony-laptop module fixes it. http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=845913&page=2 ^ where I found the info. -- Scroll Wheel does not stop scrolling https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230391 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
