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Thread: Ubuntu karmic Koala mouse problem.

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    Ubuntu 9.10 mouse would not select sometimes

    hi all,
    It's been a time since i have installed ubuntu 9.10 (it was beta at that time
    and i am still using the same version).It has been a pleasant experience
    throughout except a hiccup throughout

    I have the problem that mouse suddenly stops selecting anything
    by left-clicking (but the mouse pointer "does move" when ever needed).
    I had to arbitrarily right-click some where else like in the task bar or
    right-click in some other window etc. to make the mouse left -click work again.
    If every of these arbitrary right-click fails i need to logout and relogin
    or else reboot.

    Let me tell you I could not find some thing that triggers this kind of
    mouse behavior.

    Could you plz help me resolve this issue?
    please let me know if you need more information.
    Is using the beta version problem?(but have done every update available.)

    regards,
    krishna.
    Last edited by tnvkrishna; November 22nd, 2009 at 02:51 PM.

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    Re: Ubuntu karmic Koala mouse problem.

    Hi,

    This could be caused because of many reasons but first check:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ManyButtonsMouseHowto

    Also, do check resolution, wallpaper (if u download wallpaper which are bigger in size this could cause problem), check the software's you installed.

    Also go to system -> preference -> mouse test your mouse also configure mouse click and wheel scroll.

    check drivers for your mouse.

    Thanks
    Unme

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    Re: Ubuntu karmic Koala mouse problem.

    And Hey update to final release of ubuntu karmic koala, cannot blame someone for problems in beta ...

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    Exclamation Re: Ubuntu karmic Koala mouse problem.

    i have exactly the same problem (and using the updated version).
    suddenly the mouse left click stop working. today i also got 'alt+tab' not working!

    i did what tnvkrishna said and my clicks works again.

    please take a look!


    (using default koala's background)

    note: the MOUSE click stops working, but the touchpad still works.

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    Re: Ubuntu karmic Koala mouse problem.

    hi unme,

    you said to check my mouse drivers.
    could you also post the necessary commands?
    I'll use one of the default karmic wallpapers and see if i get this
    problem again.

    thank you.

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    Re: Ubuntu karmic Koala mouse problem.

    I know only following commands:

    lsusb - usb devices
    lspci - pci device and drivers
    hwinfo - this is not installed by default, you can install it using sudo apt-get install hwinfo
    lshw - again need to install it.

    check man for more information on these command:

    $man lsusb

    Note using verbose (-v or -vv) can give more information about drivers.

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    Re: Ubuntu karmic Koala mouse problem.

    Yes, same problem here too:

    Left mouse button stopped working in most windows. Found that a right-click somewhere else brought back the left-click functionality (that's how I got here to post this...), but now left-click only works in FireFox, and right-click doesn't work anywhere. ALT-Tab stopped working too.

    Just started doing this yesterday. Maybe that last batch of updates?

    Wait... it just changed again. Now as able to right-click in FireFox, but left-click stopped... no, it's back again...

    Looks like I'm getting various combinations of left-click right-click working, on the taskbar or in an application. Multiple desktops seem to complicate the problem too: if FireFox is working on desktop #1 and I shift to desktop #2, (CTRL-ALT-Right), nothing works on Desktop #2, left- or right-click until I return to Desktop #1 and right-click in the special spot...

    Reboot helps, for a while... but it fails again fairly quickly.
    Last edited by solaria; November 22nd, 2009 at 09:45 PM.

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    Re: Ubuntu karmic Koala mouse problem.

    hi all,
    mouse seem to working normally again ..
    i do not know the reason ..
    may be because i am now using the wallpapers with resolution matching
    my computer's.And i installed all the packages starting with ibus
    from ubuntu repositories,that could also be a reason(i don't know!)

    thank you.
    Last edited by tnvkrishna; November 23rd, 2009 at 02:30 PM.

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    Re: Ubuntu karmic Koala mouse problem.

    the problem persists..
    i think there are fair good number of people
    having this problem.
    hope ubuntu fixes this with an update..

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    Re: Ubuntu karmic Koala mouse problem.

    I do have the same problem here: sometimes, mouse left clicking stops working, but the touchpad keys still work. Logging off an on fixes the problem for some time. I'm using multiple monitors by defining a virtual resolution in xorg.conf, running on ATI's fglrx driver. My Karmic is up to date.

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