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So for the last month or so on my Ubuntu 13.10, after installing nvidia drivers and then re installing nouveau drivers (because nvidia didn't work correctly) I got a problem with my mouse. I just made fresh install of 14.04 LTS, but problem persists. Problem is:

  • Every 3rd or so click my mouse does not register left click.
  • Sometimes mouse makes double click when I make just a single left click.
  • Often mouse releases and reapplies left click when I am holding left button.

For example when I try xev | grep ButtonRelease and click on rectangle, I often get double release output, sometimes even triple. I cannot even select text normally due to this problem, it usually goes like this: enter image description here

I tried mouse in Windows 8.1 and it works perfectly. I am extremely frustrated because of this problem. I posted about this on Ask Ubuntu several weeks ago with no replies.

Update: tested friend's wireless mouse and it works well. So maybe it's a defective mouse, but then why it works in Windows 8.1?

Update 2: tested this mouse on friend's ubuntu 12.04 system and it works better, but still same problem happens. Does that mean it's defective mouse for sure?

Update 3: I bought new simple Logitech mouse and the problem is solved. Apparently it was defective mouse.

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  • For reference, the AU question is here, I'll close that one in favor of this one. Can you reproduce this problem in a Live USB environment? – Lekensteyn Apr 18 '14 at 17:20
  • Just tested, yes same problem in live ubuntu usb. – user1880405 Apr 18 '14 at 17:55
  • Update: tested friend's wireless mouse and it works well. So maybe it's a defective mouse, but then why it works in Windows 8.1? – user1880405 Apr 18 '14 at 18:01
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    Could be fancy software debouncing in Windows. – Potatoswatter Apr 18 '14 at 19:14
  • You say it "releases and reapplies left click when holding". Does it do this when you're not moving it? This smells a bit like your system is using the wrong mouse protocol. But if it still happens when you're not moving, then it's not likely. – phemmer Apr 19 '14 at 06:08
  • Yes it still happens when I am not moving. For example if I do: xev | grep ButtonRelease and click and just hold, sometimes it releases twice in 2-3 second period. – user1880405 Apr 19 '14 at 07:32
  • This still happens a lot to me as well, sometimes I need to click a button like 10 times before the click is registered. I don't think its a mouse issue since google search turn up endless of people having this issue. – Daniel May 14 '14 at 14:14
  • @Daniel Did you fix the issue? Maybe any updates? – user1880405 Jun 08 '14 at 16:12
  • @user1880405 Nope, though I found one mouse this didn't happen. I tried 4 different mouses. All of which works on Windows. Ubuntu only takes 1/4 mouses. – Daniel Jun 08 '14 at 16:57
  • @Daniel I see, so you are pretty positive it's not mouse issue but Ubuntu? – user1880405 Jun 08 '14 at 17:00
  • I would guess Windows is filtering out (ignoring) very fast clicks. What you're describing is a reasonably common way mouse button hardware fails, so that's probably what happened. – derobert Jun 23 '14 at 13:50

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