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Help with mouse not clicking (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by altphoto@lemmy.today to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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This started happening a few months ago, I would be minding my own Ubuntu business and then suddenly I can't left click.

After much digging and stupid AI querying, I added something to disabled power management to my boot sequence. That seems to minimize the problems but I still get the problem every 5 minutes or so.

To temporarily fix the problem I Ctrl-alt F3 then F2 to come back to. GNOME.

I tried with a mint usb and I got the same problem. I thought it was then maybe a mouse problem but the pointer does the same no matter what mouse I use and every mouse I tested worked fine on another Ubuntu of the same release. So I think maybe it is some sort of hardware and driver combination and to power management.

I see lots of posts of past years but nothing more recently, but no real solutions or explanations for what might be happening.

Okay looks like a start up script will be the thing to do next.

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Its a weird problem. But I think it's not just the mouse. It could be other stuff USB. You could be right. I will check with Windows 10 (garbage on a second boot drive)

[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Also look in your bios.

Barring that, yeah checking a different OS is another good step.