后来经过查找终于发现是VMware Tools修改了 /etc/X11/xorg.conf 文件,在终端中输入 sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf,以root权限打开文件可以看到文件如下:
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "VMMouse" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice "XWorkAround"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "VMMouse"
Driver "vmmouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
#Section "InputDevice"
#Identifier "XWorkAround"
#Driver "void"
#EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "vmware"
VendorName "VMware, Inc"
HorizSync 1.0 - 10000.0
VertRefresh 1.0 - 10000.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "VMware SVGA"
Driver "vmware"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Don't specify DefaultColorDepth unless you know what you're
# doing. It will override the driver's preferences which can
# cause the X server not to run if the host doesn't support the
# depth.
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "VMware SVGA"
Monitor "vmware"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
# VGA mode: better left untouched
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400" "640x350"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
注意看上面文件中的红色部份,原来前面没有#符号,就是因为VMWare Tools多此一举加了这个XWorkAround驱动导致鼠标滚轮不能使用。现在可以在前面加上#符号让系统不去执行该行代码,或者干脆删除这四行,然后保存退出,接着再注销后重新启动XWindow后鼠标滚轮就可以用了。