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Questions tagged [mouse]

Use of this tag should be limited to questions pertaining to the peripheral input device known as a "mouse".

The mouse is an input device, capable of moving a virtual pointer inside a graphical interface. It can be wireless, with 1 or more buttons and can have side buttons (and some gaming versions have a lots of them).

Invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1964, the first version of this computer artifact was made of wood, and it had two metal wheels to make the horizontal and vertical input orientation.

8 years after that Bill English developed a version with the "ball mouse": A sphere inside the mouse capable of monitoring movement in any direction. The ball came into contact with two rollers that creating the pointer motion.

Today the optical mouse has completely replaced the ball mouse being supplied as standard with all new computers.

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Mouse not working correctly

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…
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Mouse movement speed is set to max, but still slow

Using Ubuntu 14.04/GNOME, we set the mouse move speed to max in the menu. But the mouse movement is still slow on the touchpad. A USB mouse is perfect, but we need to use the touchpad. Question: Is there a way to speed up the touchpad?
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How to remap mouse button not identified by xev

The Logitech M720 has a thumb button which does not show up with a button identifier in xev: This thumb button results in Ctrl+Alt+Tab. I am using Fedora 28, though the same issue is reported here for Ubuntu:…
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Prevent Wacom tablet from moving mouse pointer

I have a Wacom CTF-221 graphics tablet, and I use it with Linux Wacom drivers. However when I draw it's annoying that the mouse pointer moves with the pen and clicks outside of the drawing window. When I draw in GIMP, I see another pointer that is…
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How to disable touch scroll sound on Microsoft Arc Touch mouse in Linux?

The touch-to-scroll area on Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse makes an artificial scroll-wheel sound by default, which I find annoying. Disabling it seems problematic for Linux users as it requires Microsoft's Mouse and Keyboard Center, which is only…
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Is there a way to configure two external mice simultaneously--one left handed and one right?

Due to an injury, I am using a left hand mouse and the buttons are reversed. My right hand mouse (a trackball) I still use for more precise work with my injured hand, but the buttons are reversed on that one too. I would like the right mouse to have…
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Button Mapping Issue on Mouse [Razer Naga]

I'm currently having an issue trying to map the side buttons on my Razer Naga, I'm running Elementary OS but from what I understand that's a Ubuntu and I should add that this is all very new to me too! There are 12 buttons on the side of the Naga,…
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Logitech cordless mouse problem

I recently purchased a new Toshiba laptop and a Logitech M510 cordless mouse. I am running Mint 13 on the laptop. Initially (at least once) the mouse worked fine. Then it ceased to work. I've seached around on various fora and found reports of…
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Script for swapping mouse primary and secondary buttons

This answer show the command lines to swap the mouse primary and secondary button. However, I would like a script to automatically swap the mouse buttons every time is executed. Could somebody hint me on how to do this, I know near to nothing about…
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Same scancodes - how to differ?

I have the razer naga 2014 and I am having a problem with the wheel. It has the four way wheel so I can go right/left/up/down. The problem is that going left will do this (evtest) Event: time 1443121919.955225, -------------- EV_SYN…
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Mouse cursor stuck but its movement is still registering

When I first turn on the computer the mouse works as usual, but shortly after that the mouse cursor will stop moving and will stay stuck in one spot on the screen. This is hard to describe but although the picture of the cursor is stuck in one spot…
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Mouse sensitivity not working

I bought a new Logitech G502 Hero today and the sensitivity was way too high. I am using xubuntu on my lenovo thinkpad. I went to mouse in touchpad in my settings and cranked them all the way down for the mouse but nothing has changed. Somebody…
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Mouse gives more clicks than I give

I'm currently having an issue with the mouse. It started after one of the latest updates, but not sure if it is related. At first I thought it was an application issue, but after testing with a simple script something else is revealed. The case is…
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Setting mouse MX Master thumb button on Mint 18.1

The thumb button of the MX Master is not a button but a simulated keystroke. The issue being that I can't figure out which one it is since xev doesn't recognize it. The shortcuts panel tells me it's "CTR + ALT + TAB" but it's not doing what "CTR +…
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Faster mouse acceleration on XFCE4

Is there any way to make mouse moves faster? I'm using 4K display, and 10x acceleration still too slow.
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