Questions tagged [mouse]
Use of this tag should be limited to questions pertaining to the peripheral input device known as a "mouse".
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How do I change the pixel perfect scrolling sensitivity in Firefox?
I am switching from Windows 11 to Arch with i3 on my Laptop. On Windows 11 Firefox had "pixel-perfect" scrolling (scrolling without steppyness) using the mousepad by default, which I find ...
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How can I throttle my click inputs
My mouse is often registering two click inputs when I press the button. I have confirmed this to be the case with xev. If I could just throttle inputs to even 1 click per .05ms that would probably be ...
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ffmpeg: record screen area selected by mouse
I have found a ffmpeg command to record area of my screen:
ffmpeg -video_size 2000x1600 -framerate 25 -f x11grab -i :0.0+2140,280 output.mp4
But to find the correct area, I had to do multiple trial/...
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Psmouse serio2: Failed to disable mouse on synaptics-pt/serio0
I am currently using Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon and I keep getting the error:
psmouse serio2: failed to disable mouse on synaptics-pt/serio0
I only ever get it after shutting down my computer if I've ...
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Identify a specific mouse using xinput to process an xinput command
Using Manjaro 23.0, I found a way to decrease the speed of my USB SteelSeries mouse but I struggle to make it persistent. After some time being not in use, or a system reboot, the xinput settings ...
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Double click in Cygwin not selecting dot at beginning of paths
I'm having an issue on one of my Cygwin installs where double clicking does not select the dot at the beginning of paths.
Normally I get this behaviour when double clicking a path:
But on the install ...
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How to debug mouse going crazy on Thinkpad T14s
I have an unusual issue recently with Thinkpad T14s. My trackpad is disabled in BIOS, I use the trackpoint. Randomly the mouse will suddenly go completely crazy, jumping around and opening menus / ...
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prevent xbindkeys from overriding mouse click when used for mouse button chording
I am trying to set up some mouse button chording, inspired by the Acme text editor: http://acme.cat-v.org/mouse
On Windows and Mac, I was able to set up the following using AutoHotKey and Hammerspoon ...
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Ubuntu Studio (KDE) middle-click doesn't work properly
I've just installed Ubuntu Studio on my Lenovo Thinkpad, and noticed that the middle-click, both on the built-in touchpad as well as the hardware 'middle' button, isn't working properly. In Blender ...
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link cursor changed to hand for all browsers: how to change back
mate-desktop 1.26.1-1
6.3.9-arch1-1`
Mozilla Firefox 114.0.2
Brave Browser 114.1.52.129
Chromium 114.0.5735.198 Arch Linux
When hovering mouse over link on web page the cursor switches to hand. ...
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How can I diagnose a software "stuck" mouse button?
I'm running arch on a Lenovo X1 Carbon. I can go about using it mornally, usually for a day or two but at some point my mouse buttons become "stuck" in the software (though I suppose it ...
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Are there any terminal emulators that support enhancing the stdout output with interactive UI widgets?
I think it would be great if we have a more interactive terminal which could speedup some actions by adding the interactiveness to the output of the programs, by converting the elements of the text to ...
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Mouse input from files /dev/input
My goal is to obtain mouse input on Linux. Right now I'm trying to obtain input from the files in /dev/input. On my specific system, I know that the file /dev/input/event10 corresponds to my mouse, ...
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My usb mouse does not work on bootup. How do I turn off and on the external usb hub it's connected to?
My mouse recently started acting up, and does not work on boot up. I have to unplug and replug the device into the external usb hub I'm using to reenable it. So I'm looking to doing it from the ...
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Xinput monitors key presses but not mouse clicks
The xinput list command gives me the following output (I access workstation via xRDP):
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer ...
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Middle mouse button not working on Debian 11 stable
I've been using Debian 11 Bullseye Stable for about a year now, and I just noticed that my middle mouse click isn't working. I only discovered this by playing a game where the middle-mouse click is ...
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How to prevent the mouse from waking up the display?
I prefer not having my monitor on at all times (or shutting down manually by pressing its hardware key) and thus the 'screen blank' option* is enabled (Gnome's 'power' settings). Any input wakes the ...
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Why don't non-GTK apps get Gnome's mouse cursor size setting?
I am using Gnome 43.4, Wayland. I have set a large cursor size in Gnome Settings -> Accessibility. Above the desktop and GTK apps, the mouse cursor size is what I set, but above non-GTK apps, such ...
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What could cause a missing mouse scroll event just after reversing scroll direction?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.2 on an x86_64 system, with Xorg and libinput.
I have a Logitech MX Master mouse (the first model), and I've noticed some unusual behaviour with scrolling. The mouse has a free-...
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openbox: disable "grab" window that moves together with mouse cursor
Normally in Openbox I can move windows around by holding Alt and grabbing the window with left mouse button.
But sometimes I accidentally "grab" a window and then it is stuck to my mouse ...
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How to assign various commands to a mouse button, time dependent in xbindkeys?
I need to execute differents commands respect at the time I keep pressed a mouse key.
I was looking for an alternative to XMBC in linux, I'm using xbindkeys from a time to now but what I miss from my ...
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How would the mouse behave in a mirrored environment?
Sorry if it sounds confusing, but this is not a biology inquiry. I'm planning to switch to Linux, but I have a few questions need answered. If a single monitor is mirrored like described in this link, ...
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Configure mouse button as a combination of keyboard keys under Wayland
I know how to map one mouse button onto one keyboard key, but how do you map one mouse button onto a combination of keyboard keys? What is the HWDB syntax? This below doesn't work: the latest 9000x ...
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Verifiy if a mouse is defective
I have only Linux machines (Ubuntu 22.04) and I've just received a 3D Connexion CadMouse Pro that officially does not support Linux. But I guess it's about the control software, as an HID mouse it ...
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How to disable mouse acceleration on Raspberry OS / Debian 11?
I want to disable mouse acceleration completely in my RasPi 4. Never neither used nor needed such a function.
pg@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)&...
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xinput mouse setting not persistent during session
I use linux Manjaro Gnome X11.
I like to have a special setting of mouse buttons, which I obtain with xinput.
In order to make this setting persistent across sessions, I write the xinput in ~/....
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Scroll button click on mouse to open link in new tab on Debian / LXQT
With my wireless Logitech mouse I can't click on the scroll button to open a link in a new tab which I find practical (I use Ctrl+Left Click instead for now).
I've checked in Firefox' config
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Debian registers MS Sculpt mouse clicks erratically
I'm using MS Sculpt ergonomic kbd and mouse with Debian 11. The keyboard works AOK, the mouse not so much.
When I click something, the OS may not recognize it at all until at 4th or so click so ...
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How I can remap a mouse button to a linux command or script
How I can remap a mouse button, not to a keyboard key or mouse event, but to a linux command?
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Mouse multimedia buttons are not emitting events in `/dev/input/eventX`
I have a mouse (Canyon CND-SGM14RGB) with multiple programmable buttons, half of them are set to be multimedia buttons.
Software for configuration is Windows-only, and those buttons work in Windows -- ...
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Mouse-click stopped positioning cursor in shell (readline) in XTerm after upgrade from Fedora 18 to 36
I am using the following control sequence to set up that when I click in the command line in shell (BASH) in XTerm the cursor moves to the position. At least, it used to worked that way in my ancient ...
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Is udev event to blame for mouse hanging?
Lately I have been noticing that my mouse (Logitech G Pro Wireless) freezes for a brief amount of time at random. I am only ever using Firefox, Alacritty and GIMP. My xorg.conf is auto generated by ...
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Horizontal and vertical pointer speeds sometimes don't match
So, here's a fun one: Arbitrarily, when I log into my user, the vertical mouse sensitivity is much lower than the horizontal, about half as much. In these situations, the horizontal sensitivity is the ...
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Linux don't detect Logitech mouse
I have recently assembled a PC with integrated Bluetooth. This is my motherboard: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X570S-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-11/sp#sp
First I have installed Linux Arch that has ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 USB port doesn't work right
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my brand new Thinkpad E14 and it worked well until today.
I have 2 USB ports on my computer and they were working correctly a few days ago but now one of these 2 ports ...
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Telling Linux kernel to apply appletouch driver instead of usbmouse driver to touchpad
I'm currently running Linux on an old macbook. It's too old for the modern apple touchpad driver so I have to use the old appletouch driver. Whenever I boot the computer the kernel uses the usbmouse ...
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Unexpected `^[[I` shows up when running vim script from command line
In a shell script, if I source even a trivial vim script this way
$ cat ascript
:q
$ cat test
vim -S ascript -N -u NONE
read
This is what I get when I run it:
$ bash test
^[[I
The ^[[I output is ...
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Wayland - partially disable a mouse button that is used for scrolling
I use a Logitech trackball (Trackman) and I have set one of the buttons to do scrolling, thing is, it is set to a back button as well.
Before upgrading, I had it set in the xorg.conf, but on wayland ...
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Why does i3 move my mouse to a different monitor?
I am using Arch Linux, and i3wm v4.21.1
I have 3 monitors setup using xrandr.
Here's what I am doing, and the expected behaviour:
Move my cursor to the monitor I desire to open the application on (in ...
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How does it work to click on suspended GUIs?
With some GUI program running, then suspended (e.g. launch it from a shell and then hit Ctrl+Z), clicking on some UI element such as a button of course has no effect.
However, when the program's ...
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udev not remapping Elecom mouse button
After numerous attempts I'm stumped trying to remap buttons on my new Elecom Hard trackball. I'm following the instructions for remapping with udev hwdb: https://yulistic.gitlab.io/2017/12/linux-...
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Laptop hangs when I don't touch it for few seconds
I noticed that when my laptop is on battery mode, when I don't interact with it (like moving my mouse - both external and trackpad, or pressing any key) for couple of seconds, it freezes. Then after I ...
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Razer keyboard : Use keyboard as mouse under X
OP entirely re-edited.
My Razer Cynosa chroma is one physical device (basically no more than a PC_105 keyboard) offering the particularity to offer 3 interfaces (1) one of them for simultaneously ...
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Why is my touchpad lagging after closing laptop lid?
Every time I close the laptop lid, after I re-open it, the touch pad is really sluggish/lagging -- still "works" but is unusable, and is only fixed by a re-boot.
Laptop: Thinkpad t14s
Window ...
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How do I get mouse click to position cursor to work in konsole with bash?
I would like to be able to click the mouse button in konsole to position the cursor in bash. How do I do it?
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Strange mouse movement issue on linux
I have a P85s Bloody gaming mouse. After installing Pop!_Os I have a bizarre mouse movement problem
When I move the cursor fast, everything is OK, But when I move It regularly, It seems like something ...
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Mouse buttons on Lenovo X1 tablet w/Ubuntu 20.04
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 on a Lenovo X1 tablet. (The one with removable keyboard)
Although multitouch gestures work fine on trackpad and pointer stick works fine, the physical click ...
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Lowering mouse debounce time with xinput on Pop OS 22.04
I have a mouse that is able to be double clicked and drag clicked (hitting the mouse in a way that causes it to click twice), and I was wondering if there is anyway to get xinput to count all the ...
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Mouse side buttons doesn't work on (Kali) Linux. What can be the reason for this?
When I use the following command, the side buttons of my mouse are not displayed:
xev | grep button
What can be the reason for this?
Can someone please help?
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Touchpad buggy on thinkpad | Zorin
I have installed zorin on my thinkpad as I intend to switch from windows 10. However when i use the touchpad, it jumps/lags/freezes when i use it. It doesn't happen if i touch the touchpad very(!) ...
