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I'm trying to set my raspberry pi to "Natural Scrolling" when accessing via VNC. Have added the following in the first section /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf but it still scrolls the "unnatural" way. Surprisingly, not a whole lot about this on the internet and would think it would(should!) be in the configuration set-up.

Section "InputClass" Identifier "libinput pointer catchall" MatchIsPointer "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event" Driver "libinput" Option "NaturalScrolling" "true" <------ Added line. EndSection*

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  • what's natural and unnatural? – jsotola Feb 27 '23 at 19:13
  • AFAIK no Linux distribution (or anything else) has implemented this silly Apple idea. – Milliways Feb 27 '23 at 21:13
  • Please explain to me why it's a "silly Idea". – bikermike Feb 28 '23 at 20:10
  • I have been using microcomputers for almost 50 years and a mouse for 40. Apple suddenly decided what I was doing was "unnatural". What I find unnatural is having to switch habits when I use a different computer. – Milliways Mar 03 '23 at 23:36
  • Incidentally I was trying to resolve a mouse problem, and discovered xinput list-props 6 (where 6 is the id of my mouse) showed "libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled 0". You may be able to change with libinput – Milliways Mar 03 '23 at 23:41
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    Dear @Milliways, See link, Think it gives a reasonable explanation. A lot of the links in it are broken. Admittedly I prefer the “Natural” method but to call either “silly” is like saying “up” is “serious” and “down” is “silly”. It’s just a matter of preference. By the way, I’m 77 and my first computer was an Apple II in 1982 and have worked in IT/Telecomms isince 1987. Checked my version of Mac OS, you can change the direction by a simple button in the Settings. – bikermike Mar 05 '23 at 11:06

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Thanks to @milliways last comment, I found the problem. I didn't have X System running as I was using VNC for Remote Desktop. As soon as I hooked up a VDU, keyboard & mouse, scrolling worked in the "Natural" way. Need to get X system running instead of VNC. Thanks to @Milliways

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