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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Mouse buttons and keyboard stop working for no apparent reason. Xubuntu 22.04
I have a new Lenovo Ideapad, running Xubuntu 22.04. It stays on all the time, with an occasional suspend. Occasionally (e.g. every 2 or 3 days) mouse buttons and keyboard stop working. The mouse ...
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Inconsistent Logitech Mouse Clicks on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
I am having inconsistent clicks with my logitech m510 mouse with my new linux computer. Everything about the mouse works properly (tracking, scrolling) except the clicking action, which works ...
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Left mouse click stopped working after resuspend - Lenovo Thinkpad T14 Ubuntu 20.04
Oddly, this issue has appeared suddenly in a few occasions but now has been worsening over the last month:
Every time my Lenovo Thinkpad T14 wakes up from suspend, my left mouse click is unresponsive- ...
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Mousepad-specific settings missing Ubuntu 22.04
Recently, 2-finger scroll stopped working on my laptop. There may have been some minor updates applied beforehand, but nothing that had to do specifically with pointing devices. This is on a fairly ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 Logitech mouse side buttons have stopped working
I have today upgraded to Ubuntu 23.10 from 23.04 and the side buttons on my Logitech "Logi" M650 mouse no longer work. My 23.04 installation used Wayland as does the new 23.10. I cannot ...
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why the keyboard and mouse is not working in the login screen of ubuntu 22.04.3?
I tried several methods but nothing worked for me. Can anyone suggest methods for solving this?
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Strange Mouse Problem - Clicks not registered middle top of screen
There is a region on my screen, about 25% of the width and 25% of the height, aligned middle top. It does not register any mouse clicks. Mouse clicks work fine everywhere else. The mouse pointer ...
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Middle mouse paste in jupyter through firefox on linux
I am running sagemath 9.8 installed from source containing jupyter_core 4.11.2 and jupyter_client 7.4.4. I access the sagemath notebook with it's jupyter instance in firefox 116.0.2 on an Ubuntu 22.04 ...
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Password field in lock screen loses focus
Sometimes when I wake up the computer after suspend, I notice that the password field loses focus while I am typing the password. I am unable to move the focus by pressing tab. The only way is to use ...
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Contour Design Unimouse Button Not Recognized on Linux (xev, xinput ,evtest)
I use the Contour Design Unimouse on my Linux setup (Ubuntu) and I am encountering an issue. While most of the mouse's functions work as expected, the middle button (which is not the scroll button, ...
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Logitech MX Master 3S Mouse scroll wheel not working after Ubuntu update
I'm currently running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. The other day I was prompted to update my system (I'm assuming migrating from 22.04.2 to 22.04.3). Now the scroll-wheel on my mouse doesn't work.
I have a ...
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Terminator: disable middle click closing the tabs
I want to stop Terminator (Ubuntu-22.04) to close the current tab if i middle click on the tab title. I often close the tabs accidentally when there is a process running in the current tab.
I am using ...
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Ubuntu on Lenovo Flex 5 Ideapad 14are05 won't recognize touch pad
This issue has appeared a lot and I've tried almost every fix from modifying the grub file to patching the kernel to uninstalling certain drivers. None of them have worked. I started with Ubuntu 22.04....
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Choosing which system (windows/ubuntu) to boot doesn't work when mouse connected by usb
Recently, I installed ubuntu 22.04 on my hp pavilon, and everything works normally for the most part, except during booting. If I turn on the laptop when a mouse (I have tried this with two different ...
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Mouse and Keyboard Stop working randomly
I have a Dell Precision 8520 and I've been running Ubuntu on it starting with 18.04 and now with 22.04.
For a long time I had an issue where it would occasionally not wake from sleep. I then ...
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Why can't I call /usr/bin/xfce4-find-cursor on Xubuntu 20.04?
In order to switch between workplaces and simultaneously highlight the current mouse cursor position, I have associated shortcuts to certain keys. They activate one the commands
sh -c "wmctrl -s ...
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Password protect controls (not locking)
I search for a way to lock the controls (mouse and keyboard) while still showing the applications on the screen.
I think about something where I press an key combination to de/-activate the mode and ...
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mouse cannot click-and-hold
I have Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, GNOME Version 42.5, OS Type 64bit, Windowing System "Wayland".
I suffer the problem, potentially a bug, that the mouse cannot grab a thing. Examples are:
When I ...
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Decrease scroll speed with imwheel
I've tried decreasing my mouse scroll speed with imwheel because currently it is way too high. Unfortunately, I would need to put a lesser than 1 value to have a bearable sensitivity, but it doesn't ...
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Typing lag on Signal Desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 until I move my mouse
I have been using signal desktop for 6 month, and since a week my typing lag until I move my mouse, it is really weird, the cursor is not blinking neither until I move my mouse and then freeze again.
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MX Master 3 for Mac on Linux (ubuntu 22.04) drop connection
Please help me solve the problem. Connecting a mouse via bluetooth, after a few seconds the mouse stops working. I attached some logs:
systemctl status bluetooth.service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/...
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Mouse stopped working after running <sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall>
My ubuntu 20.04 system after I ran
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall and restart. Before restart it was fine.
my mouse stopped working. When I restarted, in the login menu the cursor response and the ...
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Bluetooth doesn't list my Razer Basilisk mouse for pairing
I have connected my keyboard via Bluetooth on Ubuntu.
Made sure my mouse(Razer Basilisk) is also on pairing mode(blue light blinks twice repeatedly after pressing side buttons+dpi button for 3 seconds)...
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Menu Access Keys missing underline display in Chromium, Brave, Chrome
I'm using Kubuntu 2022.04.1 but it has happened for other versions of my Linux for a long time. Menu Access Keys are missing. The visual underline of accelerator access keys within menus for Brave / ...
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ASUS Vivobook Flip 14 TP412 touchpad and keyboard does not work
On my ASUS Vivobook Flip 14 TP412, the touchpad and keyboard do not work.
I have installed Ubuntu 22.04 with libinput (1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1).
What makes the whole thing so strange is that the keyboard ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 auto scrolled to the top
For last couple of days I'm facing this issue. After some times system automatically scrolled to the top of the window (Browser|Windows|Terminal|...). All my settings seems normal. Anyone facing this ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 mouse and keyboard are hanging
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 and after that the mouse and keyboard are hanging a lot, I tried restarting the laptop but when I open it the same problems appear every about 20 minutes,
my laptop is Dell G5 ...
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Cursor/Touchpad lag while using Battery Power in Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Long time reader, first time caller. I'm experiencing a cursor lag in Ubuntu 22.04 but only when plugged into battery power. Once unplugged, the cursor moves at the expected rate. Also of note is that ...
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Bind mouse movement to keys
How would I go about binding mousing the mouse in a certain direction, to a certain key (w,a,s,d)? Also if possible making it only work in a certain application would be nice. The reason i want to do ...
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Mouse cursor doesn't move while scroll wheel is clicked down
I've had an issue ever since I recovered my system from a missing-X11 state where clicking down on the scroll wheel prevents the mouse cursor from moving. I don't know what mouse settings I changed, ...
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remote desktop rdp ubuntu 22.04 mouse scroll insensitive to small movements
so I have the following problem: When connecting over the built-in remote desktop rdp feature from ubuntu 22.04, scrolling with the wheel of my mouse is insensitive to small movements: to scroll a ...
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Why does mouse and keyboard input get disabled on the lock screen when the screen rotates?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS on a Dell Inspiron. Sometimes after waking the laptop after it has been closed, the screen is in a different orientation (e.g. upside down presumably depending on how it ...
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How can I remove the "Microsoft Surface Type Cover Mouse" option from my Keyboard and Mouse Settings?
I recently installed Lubuntu on my Microsoft Surface. The laptop has a detachable keyboard/touchpad that is compatible with Lubuntu. There are two options in the Keyboard and Mouse > Mouse and ...
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Keyboard and mouse not working after sleep, laptop stuck in tablet mode
This error is difficult to reproduce and doesn't happen 100% of the time, but I have dell inspiron 2 in 1 laptop running ubuntu 22.04. When I close my laptop and put it in sleep mode, and re-open it, ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: Terminal equivalent of setting mouse speed via settings
The slider in settings for Ubuntu 20.04 changes my mouse speed but I'd like to have the equivalent in a terminal command.
Thanks!
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Extreme CPU usage from wireless mouse on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS with high-end rig
I noticed that my high-end PC running natively on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS had extremely high CPU usage for no reason. Upon research and investigation, I figured out it's my wireless mouse. With it turned ...
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Remap or disable center-area of the clickpad/trackpad
Situation:
The touchpad/trackpad from Lenovo Thinkpad laptops has a the lower area clickable and is split in 3 parts:
LEFT-area for main click, RIGHT-area for context click, and CENTER-area for middle/...
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Dual Monitor Cursor Wrap Around (no edges)
Im using Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. I am using a laptop with a portable screen and I am wondering is it possible to make the mouse be "without boundaries"?
What I want to do is:
Mouse goes to left ...
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No mouse pointer in 22.04
My wifes 22.04 has no cursor on her laptop via the touchpad. in the past a reboot used to fix it but 5 reboots later and still no pointer showing. I can make it back to the desktop and the keyboard ...
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Change thumbstick's sensitivity
I have a laptop from HP with that little knob in the middle of the keyboard with which you can control the mouse pointer. Image of that thumbstick-knob-thingy
On Windows the pointer raced across the ...
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Swap vert & horiz scrolling: remapping buttons has no effect
My mouse has a vertical and horizontal scroll wheel. I would like to swap them so that the original vertical wheel controls horizontal scrolling and vice versa.
So far:
I have used xev to identify ...
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How do I choose a specific cursor from a cursor theme I've installed? Ubuntu 22.04LTS
How do I choose a specific cursor from a cursor theme I've installed?
I've installed Volantes Light Cursors. I am working in Tweaks. In fact, there are numerous other cursors within each of the other ...
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Ubuntu 22.04, only display side-bar when activities button clicked/windows key pressed
I'm struggling to figure out how/if-it-is-possible to disable the side-bar appearing in ubuntu if my mouse ventures to the left-most edge of the screen. I still want to be able to view the side bar in ...
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Where can I get this cursor on Ubuntu desktop?
I want to use this cursor in a my Qt application. However, I am unable to find the location of this cursor file on my Ubuntu desktop.
Any help regarding cursor location, web link to download this ...
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Rollermouse middle button doesn't act as double-click anymore after upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04
I'd need ideas to solve an issue with my rollermouse middle-button. It should act as a double-click, but it's not after my recent upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04. Now it works as a normal single click.
I have ...
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GRUB: Possible to use bluetooth keyboard + mouse?
So when my computer boots GRUB pops up and I can pick between Ubuntu (first) and Windows 11.
Is it possible to use my bluetooth keyboard? I have a bluetooth USB adapter attached to the back of my ...
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Gnome-Desktop Graphics Freeze when Interacting with the Mouse
Recently some of my applications freeze graphically when interacting with the mouse.
Applications:
Gnome-Terminal, Gnome-Calendar, Gnome-Mines, Nautilus, Terminator
(Seems like anything gnome related ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 - intermittent mouse stutter/lag - Mouse: SYN_DROPPED event - some input events have been lost
My USB mouse will stutter/lag every 3-4 seconds intermittently, the Xorg.0.log shows some relevant events while this is happening:
[ 1279.431] (EE) event3 - Microsoft Microsoft Ergonomic Mouse: ...
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Logitech wireless mouse doesn't work after suspend
OS Ubuntu 20.04
Device XPS-13 2019
Kernel 5.15.0-41-generic
I am using a USB hub and connecting a Logitech wireless mouse to my laptop.
After an (automatic) suspend, the computer no longer recognizes ...
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Control scroll to zoom in and out not working for some applications, ubuntu 20.04
While using ubuntu 20.04, control key + scroll(mouse middle button) doesn't work for some applications. It just scrolls down the pdf file, for example. How can I explicitly set ctrl + scroll to zoom ...