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On Xubuntu, for a long time I've had an issue where my Left mouse button stops working for some reason. It happens pretty much everyday. Everything else seems to work.
The only way I can get my mouse to work again is to logout and login, which requires me to shutdown all my programs.
Obviously this is very annoying, I've had this issue for almost a year and I've assumed that an update would fix it but it still happens.
Is anyone else aware of this issue and possible fixes?
I'm using Xubuntu as my Desktop Environment. I'm currently on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Edit:
It happened again and I used xev
and evtest
to see what events are recognised. xev
did not respond to Left button clicks but evtest
did respond to Left button clicks.
Edit (2018/01/22): Just an update. I still have the problem, but I have a short term fix. When the left mouse button stops working, I use Ctrl+Alt+T to bring up the terminal. I enter xinput
in the terminal, which brings up a list of devices. I search for which device is probably the mouse (it has name like generic mouse) and I find the associated ID number. I then enter the command: xinput disable ID
where ID is the ID number of the mouse. This fixes the problem until I shutdown the computer.
Also, for more information about the problem, the same mouse works for my Windows 10 installation, so I think the mouse is fine. The same problem also occurs in Kali Linux, except that Kali linux doesn't have xinput
installed so I can't use my quick fix.
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On Xubuntu, for a long time I've had an issue where my Left mouse button stops working for some reason. It happens pretty much everyday. Everything else seems to work.
The only way I can get my mouse to work again is to logout and login, which requires me to shutdown all my programs.
Obviously this is very annoying, I've had this issue for almost a year and I've assumed that an update would fix it but it still happens.
Is anyone else aware of this issue and possible fixes?
I'm using Xubuntu as my Desktop Environment. I'm currently on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Edit:
It happened again and I used xev
and evtest
to see what events are recognised. xev
did not respond to Left button clicks but evtest
did respond to Left button clicks.
Edit (2018/01/22): Just an update. I still have the problem, but I have a short term fix. When the left mouse button stops working, I use Ctrl+Alt+T to bring up the terminal. I enter xinput
in the terminal, which brings up a list of devices. I search for which device is probably the mouse (it has name like generic mouse) and I find the associated ID number. I then enter the command: xinput disable ID
where ID is the ID number of the mouse. This fixes the problem until I shutdown the computer.
Also, for more information about the problem, the same mouse works for my Windows 10 installation, so I think the mouse is fine. The same problem also occurs in Kali Linux, except that Kali linux doesn't have xinput
installed so I can't use my quick fix.
ubuntu mouse xubuntu bugs
Useevtest
as root andxev
to find out at which level the mouse clicks disappear. Also, look intodmesg
for possible errors.
â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41
Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10
@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 12:57
1
(It would have been nice to provide the actual output, just in case something weird happened. We can only debug based on information you give, so the more information you give, the better). That means something in X goes wrong. Look into/var/log/Xorg.log
to see if there are any messages when the mouse stops working. Also runxinput -list
and thenxinput -test 123
, where123
is the id of your mouse. You focused thexev
window? You can see keypresses inxev
? Do you run any programs that could swallow up left button clicks?
â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 13:43
@dirkt, I'm not sure what output fromxev
orevtest
since it just tells me that buttons have been pushed. Next time it happens I'll check the log files. I typically run Firefox, a password manager, Emacs, and a terminal window.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 14:41
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On Xubuntu, for a long time I've had an issue where my Left mouse button stops working for some reason. It happens pretty much everyday. Everything else seems to work.
The only way I can get my mouse to work again is to logout and login, which requires me to shutdown all my programs.
Obviously this is very annoying, I've had this issue for almost a year and I've assumed that an update would fix it but it still happens.
Is anyone else aware of this issue and possible fixes?
I'm using Xubuntu as my Desktop Environment. I'm currently on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Edit:
It happened again and I used xev
and evtest
to see what events are recognised. xev
did not respond to Left button clicks but evtest
did respond to Left button clicks.
Edit (2018/01/22): Just an update. I still have the problem, but I have a short term fix. When the left mouse button stops working, I use Ctrl+Alt+T to bring up the terminal. I enter xinput
in the terminal, which brings up a list of devices. I search for which device is probably the mouse (it has name like generic mouse) and I find the associated ID number. I then enter the command: xinput disable ID
where ID is the ID number of the mouse. This fixes the problem until I shutdown the computer.
Also, for more information about the problem, the same mouse works for my Windows 10 installation, so I think the mouse is fine. The same problem also occurs in Kali Linux, except that Kali linux doesn't have xinput
installed so I can't use my quick fix.
ubuntu mouse xubuntu bugs
On Xubuntu, for a long time I've had an issue where my Left mouse button stops working for some reason. It happens pretty much everyday. Everything else seems to work.
The only way I can get my mouse to work again is to logout and login, which requires me to shutdown all my programs.
Obviously this is very annoying, I've had this issue for almost a year and I've assumed that an update would fix it but it still happens.
Is anyone else aware of this issue and possible fixes?
I'm using Xubuntu as my Desktop Environment. I'm currently on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Edit:
It happened again and I used xev
and evtest
to see what events are recognised. xev
did not respond to Left button clicks but evtest
did respond to Left button clicks.
Edit (2018/01/22): Just an update. I still have the problem, but I have a short term fix. When the left mouse button stops working, I use Ctrl+Alt+T to bring up the terminal. I enter xinput
in the terminal, which brings up a list of devices. I search for which device is probably the mouse (it has name like generic mouse) and I find the associated ID number. I then enter the command: xinput disable ID
where ID is the ID number of the mouse. This fixes the problem until I shutdown the computer.
Also, for more information about the problem, the same mouse works for my Windows 10 installation, so I think the mouse is fine. The same problem also occurs in Kali Linux, except that Kali linux doesn't have xinput
installed so I can't use my quick fix.
ubuntu mouse xubuntu bugs
ubuntu mouse xubuntu bugs
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Useevtest
as root andxev
to find out at which level the mouse clicks disappear. Also, look intodmesg
for possible errors.
â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41
Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10
@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 12:57
1
(It would have been nice to provide the actual output, just in case something weird happened. We can only debug based on information you give, so the more information you give, the better). That means something in X goes wrong. Look into/var/log/Xorg.log
to see if there are any messages when the mouse stops working. Also runxinput -list
and thenxinput -test 123
, where123
is the id of your mouse. You focused thexev
window? You can see keypresses inxev
? Do you run any programs that could swallow up left button clicks?
â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 13:43
@dirkt, I'm not sure what output fromxev
orevtest
since it just tells me that buttons have been pushed. Next time it happens I'll check the log files. I typically run Firefox, a password manager, Emacs, and a terminal window.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 14:41
 |Â
show 2 more comments
Useevtest
as root andxev
to find out at which level the mouse clicks disappear. Also, look intodmesg
for possible errors.
â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41
Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10
@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 12:57
1
(It would have been nice to provide the actual output, just in case something weird happened. We can only debug based on information you give, so the more information you give, the better). That means something in X goes wrong. Look into/var/log/Xorg.log
to see if there are any messages when the mouse stops working. Also runxinput -list
and thenxinput -test 123
, where123
is the id of your mouse. You focused thexev
window? You can see keypresses inxev
? Do you run any programs that could swallow up left button clicks?
â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 13:43
@dirkt, I'm not sure what output fromxev
orevtest
since it just tells me that buttons have been pushed. Next time it happens I'll check the log files. I typically run Firefox, a password manager, Emacs, and a terminal window.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 14:41
Use
evtest
as root and xev
to find out at which level the mouse clicks disappear. Also, look into dmesg
for possible errors.â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41
Use
evtest
as root and xev
to find out at which level the mouse clicks disappear. Also, look into dmesg
for possible errors.â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41
Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10
Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10
@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 12:57
@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 12:57
1
1
(It would have been nice to provide the actual output, just in case something weird happened. We can only debug based on information you give, so the more information you give, the better). That means something in X goes wrong. Look into
/var/log/Xorg.log
to see if there are any messages when the mouse stops working. Also run xinput -list
and then xinput -test 123
, where 123
is the id of your mouse. You focused the xev
window? You can see keypresses in xev
? Do you run any programs that could swallow up left button clicks?â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 13:43
(It would have been nice to provide the actual output, just in case something weird happened. We can only debug based on information you give, so the more information you give, the better). That means something in X goes wrong. Look into
/var/log/Xorg.log
to see if there are any messages when the mouse stops working. Also run xinput -list
and then xinput -test 123
, where 123
is the id of your mouse. You focused the xev
window? You can see keypresses in xev
? Do you run any programs that could swallow up left button clicks?â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 13:43
@dirkt, I'm not sure what output from
xev
or evtest
since it just tells me that buttons have been pushed. Next time it happens I'll check the log files. I typically run Firefox, a password manager, Emacs, and a terminal window.â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 14:41
@dirkt, I'm not sure what output from
xev
or evtest
since it just tells me that buttons have been pushed. Next time it happens I'll check the log files. I typically run Firefox, a password manager, Emacs, and a terminal window.â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 14:41
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I had the same issue in Ubuntu 17.10. I could move the cursor but none of the mouse buttons worked. I tried various solutions like auto update drivers, the metacity and compiz, but it didn't work. One solution which was mentioned was to remove nvidia drivers (My PC has 550Ti). After uninstalling that, my mouse is working fine.
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I have a Dell Inspiron 15 7559. The left click stops working once a while when I was using Ubuntu 16.04. After installed Ubuntu 18.04, the left click stops working almost everytime after I resume from suspend.
The best solution I found is switching to another virtual console (TTY) by Alt + Ctrl + F1. The mouse works normally after switching back with Alt + Ctrl + F7.
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Try this:sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
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He, welcome on the Unix SE! I suggest to give more details in your answers, giving only some commands to copy-paste is not very good.
â peterh
Jun 2 at 17:58
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I just had this (mouse can move but clicks do nothing) happen.
I realized that in the background a program window had been too slow to close and Gnome had shown a popup asking "Force close" or "Wait".
In my case, the procedure below liberated my mouse:
- Go to that popup using ALT-TAB
- Select an option using TAB
- Press Enter
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4 Answers
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oldest
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4 Answers
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oldest
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active
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up vote
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I had the same issue in Ubuntu 17.10. I could move the cursor but none of the mouse buttons worked. I tried various solutions like auto update drivers, the metacity and compiz, but it didn't work. One solution which was mentioned was to remove nvidia drivers (My PC has 550Ti). After uninstalling that, my mouse is working fine.
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
I had the same issue in Ubuntu 17.10. I could move the cursor but none of the mouse buttons worked. I tried various solutions like auto update drivers, the metacity and compiz, but it didn't work. One solution which was mentioned was to remove nvidia drivers (My PC has 550Ti). After uninstalling that, my mouse is working fine.
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
I had the same issue in Ubuntu 17.10. I could move the cursor but none of the mouse buttons worked. I tried various solutions like auto update drivers, the metacity and compiz, but it didn't work. One solution which was mentioned was to remove nvidia drivers (My PC has 550Ti). After uninstalling that, my mouse is working fine.
I had the same issue in Ubuntu 17.10. I could move the cursor but none of the mouse buttons worked. I tried various solutions like auto update drivers, the metacity and compiz, but it didn't work. One solution which was mentioned was to remove nvidia drivers (My PC has 550Ti). After uninstalling that, my mouse is working fine.
answered Mar 20 at 14:38
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I have a Dell Inspiron 15 7559. The left click stops working once a while when I was using Ubuntu 16.04. After installed Ubuntu 18.04, the left click stops working almost everytime after I resume from suspend.
The best solution I found is switching to another virtual console (TTY) by Alt + Ctrl + F1. The mouse works normally after switching back with Alt + Ctrl + F7.
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
I have a Dell Inspiron 15 7559. The left click stops working once a while when I was using Ubuntu 16.04. After installed Ubuntu 18.04, the left click stops working almost everytime after I resume from suspend.
The best solution I found is switching to another virtual console (TTY) by Alt + Ctrl + F1. The mouse works normally after switching back with Alt + Ctrl + F7.
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
I have a Dell Inspiron 15 7559. The left click stops working once a while when I was using Ubuntu 16.04. After installed Ubuntu 18.04, the left click stops working almost everytime after I resume from suspend.
The best solution I found is switching to another virtual console (TTY) by Alt + Ctrl + F1. The mouse works normally after switching back with Alt + Ctrl + F7.
I have a Dell Inspiron 15 7559. The left click stops working once a while when I was using Ubuntu 16.04. After installed Ubuntu 18.04, the left click stops working almost everytime after I resume from suspend.
The best solution I found is switching to another virtual console (TTY) by Alt + Ctrl + F1. The mouse works normally after switching back with Alt + Ctrl + F7.
answered Jun 10 at 6:28
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Try this:sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
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He, welcome on the Unix SE! I suggest to give more details in your answers, giving only some commands to copy-paste is not very good.
â peterh
Jun 2 at 17:58
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Try this:sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
1
He, welcome on the Unix SE! I suggest to give more details in your answers, giving only some commands to copy-paste is not very good.
â peterh
Jun 2 at 17:58
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0
down vote
up vote
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Try this:sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
Try this:sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
answered Jun 2 at 17:19
Raven Kong
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He, welcome on the Unix SE! I suggest to give more details in your answers, giving only some commands to copy-paste is not very good.
â peterh
Jun 2 at 17:58
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1
He, welcome on the Unix SE! I suggest to give more details in your answers, giving only some commands to copy-paste is not very good.
â peterh
Jun 2 at 17:58
1
1
He, welcome on the Unix SE! I suggest to give more details in your answers, giving only some commands to copy-paste is not very good.
â peterh
Jun 2 at 17:58
He, welcome on the Unix SE! I suggest to give more details in your answers, giving only some commands to copy-paste is not very good.
â peterh
Jun 2 at 17:58
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I just had this (mouse can move but clicks do nothing) happen.
I realized that in the background a program window had been too slow to close and Gnome had shown a popup asking "Force close" or "Wait".
In my case, the procedure below liberated my mouse:
- Go to that popup using ALT-TAB
- Select an option using TAB
- Press Enter
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
I just had this (mouse can move but clicks do nothing) happen.
I realized that in the background a program window had been too slow to close and Gnome had shown a popup asking "Force close" or "Wait".
In my case, the procedure below liberated my mouse:
- Go to that popup using ALT-TAB
- Select an option using TAB
- Press Enter
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
I just had this (mouse can move but clicks do nothing) happen.
I realized that in the background a program window had been too slow to close and Gnome had shown a popup asking "Force close" or "Wait".
In my case, the procedure below liberated my mouse:
- Go to that popup using ALT-TAB
- Select an option using TAB
- Press Enter
I just had this (mouse can move but clicks do nothing) happen.
I realized that in the background a program window had been too slow to close and Gnome had shown a popup asking "Force close" or "Wait".
In my case, the procedure below liberated my mouse:
- Go to that popup using ALT-TAB
- Select an option using TAB
- Press Enter
answered Aug 15 at 8:26
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Use
evtest
as root andxev
to find out at which level the mouse clicks disappear. Also, look intodmesg
for possible errors.â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41
Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10
@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 12:57
1
(It would have been nice to provide the actual output, just in case something weird happened. We can only debug based on information you give, so the more information you give, the better). That means something in X goes wrong. Look into
/var/log/Xorg.log
to see if there are any messages when the mouse stops working. Also runxinput -list
and thenxinput -test 123
, where123
is the id of your mouse. You focused thexev
window? You can see keypresses inxev
? Do you run any programs that could swallow up left button clicks?â dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 13:43
@dirkt, I'm not sure what output from
xev
orevtest
since it just tells me that buttons have been pushed. Next time it happens I'll check the log files. I typically run Firefox, a password manager, Emacs, and a terminal window.â user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 14:41