Questions tagged [mouse]
The pointing device (generally referred to as the mouse). When referring to laptops, please specify if it is the trackpad and not an external mouse by using the trackpad tag. Only use for hardware issues.
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Mousekeys - moving by small or large increments
I'm using Mousekeys under Lubuntu. I'm wondering, is there a way to get the mouse to jump? Currently, when I hit 6, the mouse goes a tiny bit to the right. Is there a way (by pressing shift+6, for ...
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cannot click in some windows, ubuntu 13.04 64bit
EDIT: I tryed both, lightdm and gdm. ''sudo restart lightdm'' helps temporarly.
I cannot click in firefox until I start something else e.g. shell.
But than the mouse cannot click anything outside ...
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Where are the mouse settings in Ubuntu 13.04? [closed]
After upgrade to 13.04 I cannot find mouse settings. There are only settings for Touchpad available in the 'Mouse & Touchpad' settings. The settings for mouse are missing (speed, acceleration) for ...
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How do I get the touchpad working on an Acer Aspire 5332
I recently installed Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 on my Acer Aspire 5332. I now have an issue with my touchpad not working. When I type the command x input list in the terminal here is what comes up:
~$ ...
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Bind one mouse button to another
The my middle mouse button is not particularly responsive, and I have several completely unused side buttons, and would prefer to map one of those to be interpreted as the middle button.
There are ...
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Can't set synaptics "TapButton" options in 12.04 LTS
I have recently upgraded my netbook from Ubuntu 11.04 to 12.04 LTS. Since the upgrade - in fact, possibly since the upgrade to 11.10 - the system no longer registers touchpad taps as mouse clicks (...
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How do I change scroll wheel sensitivity in Xubuntu 12.10 64-bit?
Exactly what it says on the tin. Googled, sifted through a few results from 2+ years ago, and no luck.
This is a serious pain to my right index finger. I'm using Chromium, and it scrolls about three ...
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How can I trigger a mouse click followed by keyboard presses with a short-cut key?
I would like to find a script or a short program that when a certain key is pressed, I get left-click on mouse, then right arrow, 10 times in 1 second, for the duration the key is pressed.
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How to change cursor theme [duplicate]
I've found that changing my cursor theme only really works in applications like Firefox; the cursor is not themed across the OS, but remains as the default cursor.
I have done some searching and I ...
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Dell E6430 TouchPad Stopped Working
At some point in the last week, my touchpad stopped working. I say "some point" because I normally use a mouse, except once a week, when I use the touchpad.
In the settings GUI, I no longer even ...
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Changing Razer Diamondback 3g additional buttons in xorg.conf
So I am trying to change how my mouse additional buttons behave when clicked. Currently they do nothing on GNU/Linux. But I made these changes to my xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "...
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USB Mouse Sharkoon DarkGlider not working [duplicate]
Software:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 35
Kernel 3.2.0.35-generic
Hardware:
Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Mainboard (Motherboard)
Not working Hardware:
Sharkoon DarkGlider Mouse
Problem Description:
USB Port is working (...
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What does this fix for non-responsive mouse and keyboard do?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and found that after about 20 minutes of work that my mouse and keyboard became very unresponsive. So I found the following fix (logging in as root - careful!!!):
sudo -i
To ...
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Screen Lag/Running Slow
I am having trouble with Ubuntu 12.10. Everything is working fine, although there is a slight problem. It seems to lag every once in a while, as in I will move the mouse, then about two seconds later ...
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Logitech unifying adapter with K520 Keyboard and M310 Mouse not working? [duplicate]
Everywhere that I have read online has said that as long as the devices are paired to the adapter first on a windows machine using the unifying software that it would work fine, so I have done that, ...
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Bluetooth mouse not connecting to laptop?
I have a Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 that has Bluetooth connectivity. I have tried to connect it directly to the computer's bluetooth without using the dongole, but it does not ...
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How do I get my Apple Mighty Mouse to work on PPC edition?
I had some trouble pairing the device but I finally got it to pair.
So far, only the mouse cursor and the scroll wheel work. When I try to click, it doesn't work.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 powerpc ...
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Cant Click after update to 12.10
Just updated from 12.04 to the newest 12.10 and now I can't click things correctly.
Things I can click on are
top black bar
cons left side of the screen
things on my desktop such as short cuts and ...
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Logitech cordless mouse problem [closed]
I recently purchased a new Toshiba laptop and a Logitech M510 cordless
mouse. I am running Mint 13 on the laptop.
Initially (at least once) the mouse worked fine. Then it ceased to work.
I've ...
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How can I assign a custom command to a Logitech M705 mouse button? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I assign actions to all my mouse buttons?
What are some of the issues with ccsm and why should I not use it?
I want mouse button 9 to run /usr/bin/chromium-browser.
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When multitasking a fullscreen app, cant get mouse to lock back in the application: Ex. SPAZ game
When I am running a fullscreen application, for example the game SPAZ from the HumbleBundle 6, if some popup comes or if I press the super key to come back to desktop and minimize the game, I am ...
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Impossible to select folders and files with mouse on 12.04
My problem is very simple apparently but a tricky one.
I just installed the Ubuntu 12.04(1) along with the Gnome3-shell environment on my new PC desktop Acer Aspire X3995 (see config below). ...
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mouse and mousepad not working properly
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Samsung Q35
The mouse pad has stopped working, only the buttons work.
The external mouse is also behaving very oddly, the mouse pointer works, but the button is not working properly, ...
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Wired keyboard and mouse not working anymore
I recently upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04 and other than TwinView problems it seemed to be working. While trying to fix the TwinView issues, I rebooted the computer and the keyboard and mouse no longer ...
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Enabling middle click for pointer stick buttons
I'm running a freshly-installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Latitude D630 laptop. I generally use the pointer stick/eraser head to move the pointer around the screen, and the corresponding buttons to ...
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How do I get the extra side buttons on my Intellimouse Explorer working?
How do I get the extra side buttons (6 and 7) on my Intellimouse Explorer working?
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Can I trigger a mouse double click, by holding down the primary button, after a delay?
Can I change setting so that the the mouse double-clicks by holding down the primary mouse button? I do not want hover-click.
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When typing, mouse stops moving
i did a clean installation of Ubuntu 12.04 recently and all is well, except
for one small thing. When i type anything and anywhere with the keyboard, i cant move the mouse.
So for example when i am ...
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Compiling Unify.c for Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse error - how to use both the keyboard and mouse on the same receiver? [duplicate]
I bought this Logitech Wireless Keyboard K360
and this Logitech Wireless Mouse M505
I am trying to use both on the same receiver, but so far I can't figure it out!
I have tried this
But I don't ...
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Mouse stops functioning after upgrade Ubuntu 11.10>>12.04 [closed]
After the upgrade everything works fine, but after a while the mouse cursor is moving but I cannot work wirh right- or leftclick, neither the keyboard.
I work with Logitech EX100 wireless mouse and ...
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Mouse Not Working Properly [closed]
I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 11.10 but for some reason the mouse isn't working properly. Problems I'm experiencing are: left button on the mouse doesn't work, the cursor doesn't highlight ...
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Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 not detected [closed]
Ubuntu 11.10 cannot detect my Bluetooth Mouse at all (it doesn't appear at all using "Set up new device" after clicking on the Bluetooth icon at the top of the screen).
Obviously the wireless switch ...
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Release input automatically in vmware
Player grabs the input when clicked inside, then the mouse pointer is locked within the Player window and I have to press ctrl+alt for the Player to release input.
Previously it all worked ...
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Is the Genius SlimStar 8000 compatible with Ubuntu?
The Genius SlimStar 8000 has caught my eye for use with my new HTPC. However, I can't get an answer out of Google if it works with Ubuntu (or Linux for that matter).
The reviews over at Amazon ...
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How can I configure the mouse scrollwheel sensitivity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Increasing scroll speed
Is there anyway to increase the speed of the wheel scrolling of my mouse in Ubuntu? I use extended files (PDFs, web pages etc) and I need to quickly ...
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Unable right click on Desktop Ubuntu 11.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Right-clicking on the Unity desktop does nothing - ideas?
After I installed the CCMM and I explored it. Finnaly my mouse unable to right click. Please give me solution. Thank ...
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Setting side mouse buttons to "Back" and "Forward" in browser, nautilus, etc [closed]
I have a Cyborg R.A.T.3 mouse with two side buttons. In Windows, by default, those side buttons work as the "Back" and "Forward" buttons in apps like Firefox, Chrome, Explorer, etc.
How do I do the ...
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My computer goes to sleep for no reason while I'm using it [closed]
My computer will go to sleep for no reason. It did so two minutes ago while I was using my mouse to navigate the Internet. It had power.
Also, sometimes I am suddenly unable to select anything in a ...
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System freeze, on exit from screensaver (Unity) [closed]
I have a midrange PC (Intel Core2-Duo 3GHz, 4GB RAM, 1.5TB storage), with latest Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) and Unity (3D).
Description: PC does NOT always return control after automatic timeout to ...
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mouse pointer moves too fast [closed]
the mouse settings are already set to "accellaration" - "slow" and "Sensitivity" "Low" and the mouse pointer moves fast. Any fixes for this. I'm using a Gigabyte Bluetooth mouse, Unity 11.10.
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Is there a fix for my Thinkpad laptop mouse cursor from locking/freezing? [closed]
On my Thinkpad L420 laptop intel 2nd gen graphics i5 processor the mouse cursor freezes and locks up every so often. Sometimes it's as often as once every few minutes. The mouse cursor will freeze on ...
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Mouse disappears on second screen in 11.04 with Radeon hardware [closed]
I'm running a 5 screen setup (5th screen disabled atm) over two Radeon HD cards, three on a 6770 and two on a 5450 (one disabled atm).
When I move my mouse onto the second screen on the first card (...
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Binding mouse to keyboard keys [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I assign a middle button press to a specific key in my laptop?
Hi I have a logitech mx revolution mouse and am trying to bind some of its buttons to keyboard keys, ...
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Right click on Chrome, Eclipse, etc.. triggered double click instead of single click
in my current ubuntu 10.10, every time I right click on a link in chrome, the first option in right-click-menu is selected immediately instead of letting my choosing. The same thing happened in my ...
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Mouse won't work at startup when running classic gnome-failsafe desktop and auto-login [closed]
I've got a laptop with Ubuntu 11.10 with classic gnome-failsafe desktop and auto-login set up. Sometimes, when I start the laptop and after typing in the gnome-keyring password, the touchpad cursor ...
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How do I turn on focus follows mouse? [duplicate]
I just installed ubuntu 11.10 on a laptop of mine. Where do you turn on window autofocus on mouse hovering in this new version?
I used to be able to do it very easily in 11.04.
UPDATE: I'm looking ...
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The scroll wheels on all of my mice are unresponsive, how can I fix this? [closed]
I've tried a few different mice and all exhibit the same issue:
Only about two fifths of the "ticks" from each mouse's scroll wheel actually do anything.
Distressingly, it seems to be random. ...
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USB mouse stops working after unplugging the power cord in Ubuntu laptop [closed]
I have been using Ubuntu 11.04 for almost a month without any issue. But now Its showing a weird behavior. When I unplug the power cord from my laptop running Ubuntu 11.04, the external USB mouse ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 mouse error [closed]
I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 (Win7 Dual-boot) today, so I am a newbie in the world of Ubuntu. I like it, because it is very new and interesting to me, but there is a thing, that really annoys me. ...
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Random freezes followed by loss of WiFi connection with a BCM4313 wireless card [closed]
I did a clean install of Natty Narwhal on my AspireOne D255 Netbook. Right off the bat, it seems to work right out of box, but from time to time (especially shortly after booting up or resuming from ...