Mouse left click stops working

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.

edited Jan 22 '18 at 5:00

asked Jun 4 '17 at 7:11

user668074

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Use evtest as root and xev to find out at which level the mouse clicks disappear. Also, look into dmesg for possible errors.
– dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41

Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
– user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10

@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
– 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 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?
– 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.
– 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.

edited Jan 22 '18 at 5:00

asked Jun 4 '17 at 7:11

user668074

13113

Use evtest as root and xev to find out at which level the mouse clicks disappear. Also, look into dmesg for possible errors.
– dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41

Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
– user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10

@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
– 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 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?
– 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.
– user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 14:41

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show 2 more comments

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.

edited Jan 22 '18 at 5:00

asked Jun 4 '17 at 7:11

user668074

13113

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.

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edited Jan 22 '18 at 5:00

asked Jun 4 '17 at 7:11

user668074

13113

edited Jan 22 '18 at 5:00

asked Jun 4 '17 at 7:11

user668074

13113

edited Jan 22 '18 at 5:00

asked Jun 4 '17 at 7:11

user668074

13113

asked Jun 4 '17 at 7:11

user668074

13113

asked Jun 4 '17 at 7:11

user668074

13113

Use evtest as root and xev to find out at which level the mouse clicks disappear. Also, look into dmesg for possible errors.
– dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41

Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
– user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10

@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
– 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 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?
– 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.
– user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 14:41

|
show 2 more comments

Use evtest as root and xev to find out at which level the mouse clicks disappear. Also, look into dmesg for possible errors.
– dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41

Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
– user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10

@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
– 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 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?
– 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.
– 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.
– dirkt
Jun 4 '17 at 8:41

Ok. Next time it happens I will have a look using these commands.
– user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 9:10

@dirkt, I ran xev and evtest. I modified he main question with the results.
– user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 12:57

(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?
– 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.
– user668074
Jun 4 '17 at 14:41

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I have a Dell Inspiron 15 7559. The left click stops working once in a while when I was using Ubuntu 16.04. After I installed Ubuntu 18.04, the left click stops working almost every time 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.

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

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answered Jun 10 '18 at 6:28

HD189733b

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where you able to find a permanent solution?
– Waqleh
Oct 21 '18 at 9:57

@Waqleh Unfortunately, no. This workaround is not very annoying. I'm lazy to spend more time to find a better solution.
– HD189733b
Nov 3 '18 at 20:55

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This worked for me as well. I just switched to another visual console using "Ctrl + Alt + F2" and then without doing anything switched back to first console using "Ctrl + Alt + F1". Both right and left mouse clicks were not working properly and after doing this, both work fine. Thanks a ton HD189733b.
– 300
Dec 11 '18 at 23:06

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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.

answered Mar 20 '18 at 14:38

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Try this:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps

answered Jun 2 '18 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.
– peterh
Jun 2 '18 at 17:58

add a comment |

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 '18 at 8:26

Nicolas Raoul

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I just had this happen and none of the above solutions were related. It turned out to be related to a VM in VirtualBox that grabbed part of my mouse. Shutting down the VM fixed the issue.

I've had VirtualBox grab my mouse many times before, but somehow this was different and grabbed the whole mouse including movement. This time I could move my mouse around outside the VM, use Super+arrows to change desktops in the house, but the mouse buttons or wheel didn't work. Unplugging/replugging it didn't work, removing the psmouse driver didn't work and xinput disable/enable didn't work. What I found really weird is that xev didn't even register any mouse click events. Also clicking inside the problem VM didn't work either.

answered Nov 8 '18 at 19:02

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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.

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

39k1053125

answered Jun 10 '18 at 6:28

HD189733b

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where you able to find a permanent solution?
– Waqleh
Oct 21 '18 at 9:57

@Waqleh Unfortunately, no. This workaround is not very annoying. I'm lazy to spend more time to find a better solution.
– HD189733b
Nov 3 '18 at 20:55

1

This worked for me as well. I just switched to another visual console using "Ctrl + Alt + F2" and then without doing anything switched back to first console using "Ctrl + Alt + F1". Both right and left mouse clicks were not working properly and after doing this, both work fine. Thanks a ton HD189733b.
– 300
Dec 11 '18 at 23:06

add a comment |

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.

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

39k1053125

answered Jun 10 '18 at 6:28

HD189733b

6112

where you able to find a permanent solution?
– Waqleh
Oct 21 '18 at 9:57

@Waqleh Unfortunately, no. This workaround is not very annoying. I'm lazy to spend more time to find a better solution.
– HD189733b
Nov 3 '18 at 20:55

1

This worked for me as well. I just switched to another visual console using "Ctrl + Alt + F2" and then without doing anything switched back to first console using "Ctrl + Alt + F1". Both right and left mouse clicks were not working properly and after doing this, both work fine. Thanks a ton HD189733b.
– 300
Dec 11 '18 at 23:06

add a comment |

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.

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

39k1053125

answered Jun 10 '18 at 6:28

HD189733b

6112

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.

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

39k1053125

answered Jun 10 '18 at 6:28

HD189733b

6112

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

39k1053125

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

39k1053125

edited 2 days ago

Jeff Schaller

39k1053125

answered Jun 10 '18 at 6:28

HD189733b

6112

answered Jun 10 '18 at 6:28

HD189733b

6112

answered Jun 10 '18 at 6:28

HD189733b

6112

where you able to find a permanent solution?
– Waqleh
Oct 21 '18 at 9:57

@Waqleh Unfortunately, no. This workaround is not very annoying. I'm lazy to spend more time to find a better solution.
– HD189733b
Nov 3 '18 at 20:55

1

This worked for me as well. I just switched to another visual console using "Ctrl + Alt + F2" and then without doing anything switched back to first console using "Ctrl + Alt + F1". Both right and left mouse clicks were not working properly and after doing this, both work fine. Thanks a ton HD189733b.
– 300
Dec 11 '18 at 23:06

add a comment |

where you able to find a permanent solution?
– Waqleh
Oct 21 '18 at 9:57

@Waqleh Unfortunately, no. This workaround is not very annoying. I'm lazy to spend more time to find a better solution.
– HD189733b
Nov 3 '18 at 20:55

1

This worked for me as well. I just switched to another visual console using "Ctrl + Alt + F2" and then without doing anything switched back to first console using "Ctrl + Alt + F1". Both right and left mouse clicks were not working properly and after doing this, both work fine. Thanks a ton HD189733b.
– 300
Dec 11 '18 at 23:06

where you able to find a permanent solution?
– Waqleh
Oct 21 '18 at 9:57

@Waqleh Unfortunately, no. This workaround is not very annoying. I'm lazy to spend more time to find a better solution.
– HD189733b
Nov 3 '18 at 20:55

This worked for me as well. I just switched to another visual console using "Ctrl + Alt + F2" and then without doing anything switched back to first console using "Ctrl + Alt + F1". Both right and left mouse clicks were not working properly and after doing this, both work fine. Thanks a ton HD189733b.
– 300
Dec 11 '18 at 23:06

add a comment |

answered Mar 20 '18 at 14:38

Iloovatar

111

add a comment |

answered Mar 20 '18 at 14:38

Iloovatar

111

add a comment |

answered Mar 20 '18 at 14:38

Iloovatar

111

answered Mar 20 '18 at 14:38

Iloovatar

111

answered Mar 20 '18 at 14:38

Iloovatar

111

answered Mar 20 '18 at 14:38

Iloovatar

111

answered Mar 20 '18 at 14:38

Iloovatar

111

add a comment |

Try this:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps

answered Jun 2 '18 at 17:19

Raven Kong

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.
– peterh
Jun 2 '18 at 17:58

add a comment |

Try this:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps

answered Jun 2 '18 at 17:19

Raven Kong

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.
– peterh
Jun 2 '18 at 17:58

add a comment |

Try this:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps

answered Jun 2 '18 at 17:19

Raven Kong

Try this:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps

answered Jun 2 '18 at 17:19

Raven Kong

answered Jun 2 '18 at 17:19

Raven Kong

answered Jun 2 '18 at 17:19

Raven Kong

answered Jun 2 '18 at 17:19

Raven Kong

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.
– peterh
Jun 2 '18 at 17:58

add a comment |

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.
– peterh
Jun 2 '18 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.
– peterh
Jun 2 '18 at 17:58

add a comment |

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 '18 at 8:26

Nicolas Raoul

2,84883144

add a comment |

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 '18 at 8:26

Nicolas Raoul

2,84883144

add a comment |

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 '18 at 8:26

Nicolas Raoul

2,84883144

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 '18 at 8:26

Nicolas Raoul

2,84883144

answered Aug 15 '18 at 8:26

Nicolas Raoul

2,84883144

answered Aug 15 '18 at 8:26

Nicolas Raoul

2,84883144

answered Aug 15 '18 at 8:26

Nicolas Raoul

2,84883144

add a comment |

I just had this happen and none of the above solutions were related. It turned out to be related to a VM in VirtualBox that grabbed part of my mouse. Shutting down the VM fixed the issue.

answered Nov 8 '18 at 19:02

deltaray

789616

add a comment |

I just had this happen and none of the above solutions were related. It turned out to be related to a VM in VirtualBox that grabbed part of my mouse. Shutting down the VM fixed the issue.

answered Nov 8 '18 at 19:02

deltaray

789616

add a comment |

I just had this happen and none of the above solutions were related. It turned out to be related to a VM in VirtualBox that grabbed part of my mouse. Shutting down the VM fixed the issue.

answered Nov 8 '18 at 19:02

deltaray

789616

I just had this happen and none of the above solutions were related. It turned out to be related to a VM in VirtualBox that grabbed part of my mouse. Shutting down the VM fixed the issue.

answered Nov 8 '18 at 19:02

deltaray

789616

answered Nov 8 '18 at 19:02

deltaray

789616

answered Nov 8 '18 at 19:02

deltaray

789616

answered Nov 8 '18 at 19:02

deltaray

789616

add a comment |

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