Annoying X11 scroll wheel scrolling...

When I try to scroll in an X11 application (xterm, nedit, etc.), the scroll wheel does not behave properly. If I scroll slowly, the scrollbars never move, but once I increase the speed of the scroll wheel, it starts working. This is incredibly frustrating when I'm trying to scroll slowly through a large text file, one line at a time because the only way the scroll wheel works is if I skip 5-10 lines at a time.
I thought this had been fixed around 10.4.3 (since I had run into it as soon as I upgraded to Tiger), but I upgraded from a Powerbook G4 to a MacBook Pro and am seeing it again. I wonder if this fix didn't make it to the intel/Universal version of X11.

ARG! This is embarassing, Apple!
I have my scroll speed turned way up and it takes 36 - get this, 36! - uses of the scroll wheel to get through one single page of artists!
On the other hand, the thumb control on the right is so sensitive that the slightest drag on it goes up by a page and a half.
You really wonder if they ever use their own products?

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