First you need to install imwheel using whatever package manager you use.
Ubuntu users should be able to use the software centre apt://imwheel
Or command line:
sudo apt-get install imwheel
Put imwheel in your Preferences -> Startup Applications list.
#!/bin/bash # Version 0.1 Tuesday, 07 May 2013 # Comments and complaints http://www.nicknorton.net # GUI for mouse wheel speed using imwheel in Gnome # imwheel needs to be installed for this script to work # sudo apt-get install imwheel # Pretty much hard wired to only use a mouse with # left, right and wheel in the middle. # If you have a mouse with complications or special needs, # use the command xev to find what your wheel does. # ### see if imwheel config exists, if not create it ### if [ ! -f ~/.imwheelrc ] then
sed -i "s/\($TARGET_KEY *Button4, *\).*/\1$NEW_VALUE/" ~/.imwheelrc # find the string Button4, and write new value. sed -i "s/\($TARGET_KEY *Button5, *\).*/\1$NEW_VALUE/" ~/.imwheelrc # find the string Button5, and write new value.