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I've installed on my host ubuntu 10.04 in virtualbox guest operating system ubuntu 12.04. And mouse wheel doesn't scroll vertically the contents of a window. In host works normally. VirtualBox mouse indicator in the right bottom corner flashhes when I'm using mouse wheel.

Jorge Castro
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karolszk
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I also had this same problem, other distros in VirtualBox accepted mouse wheel scrolling without a problem.

My fix was in the "Machine" menu of the VirtualBox window in which Ubuntu was running, select "Disable Mouse Integration". Mouse wheel scrolling works after that.

I am using a wired mouse into a PS/2 port on the host.

Tnub
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You should update to the latest VirtualBox and extension pack, and reinstall vbox addition. Everething works fine after it, tested minute ago.

Nick
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In my case, (Lubuntu 13.04), while the Disable Mouse Integration hint works, I installed virtualbox-guest-x11. This enabled me to use the mouse wheel

scottro
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