Mouse right-click works intermittently

[Paul Smith]

Dear All,

Recently, when I right-click on my mouse, sometimes it works, but
other times not. I am using XFCE on Fedora 32. Could you please help
me?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Frederic Muller]

On 8/22/20 7:39 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Recently, when I right-click on my mouse, sometimes it works, but
> other times not. I am using XFCE on Fedora 32. Could you please help
> me?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul
> _______________________________________________

Hi!

I actually have had the same issue using GNOME for quite some times,
even changed my mouse thinking it was the culprit. So yes maybe it's a
generic issue?

Thank you.

Fred

[Tom Horsley]

On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 19:49:39 +0700
Frederic Muller wrote:
> I actually have had the same issue using GNOME for quite some times,
> even changed my mouse thinking it was the culprit. So yes maybe it's a
> generic issue?

I recently switched to a wireless mouse and sometimes see this.
I never saw it with my old wired usb mouse. Is everyone else also
seeing this with a wireless mouse? Sometimes when I reboot I
get errors about unable to properly talk to the usb device
which is the wireless mouse dongle and I have to unplug and
plug it back in, at which point it works flawlessly.

I've been meaning to move the mouse to a windows box and use
it for a while to see if the same thing happens there, but
haven't worked up the energy to try that yet.

[Paul Smith]

On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 2:02 PM Tom Horsley  wrote:
> > I actually have had the same issue using GNOME for quite some times,
> > even changed my mouse thinking it was the culprit. So yes maybe it's a
> > generic issue?
>
> I recently switched to a wireless mouse and sometimes see this.
> I never saw it with my old wired usb mouse. Is everyone else also
> seeing this with a wireless mouse? Sometimes when I reboot I
> get errors about unable to properly talk to the usb device
> which is the wireless mouse dongle and I have to unplug and
> plug it back in, at which point it works flawlessly.
>
> I've been meaning to move the mouse to a windows box and use
> it for a while to see if the same thing happens there, but
> haven't worked up the energy to try that yet.

Thanks, Tom and Frederic. My mouse is a wired (not wireless) one.

Paul

EXTERNAL: Re: Mouse right-click works intermittently

[Wells, Roger K.]

On 8/22/20 9:13 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 2:02 PM Tom Horsley  wrote:
> > > I actually have had the same issue using GNOME for quite some times,
> > > even changed my mouse thinking it was the culprit. So yes maybe it's a
> > > generic issue?
> >
> > I recently switched to a wireless mouse and sometimes see this.
> > I never saw it with my old wired usb mouse. Is everyone else also
> > seeing this with a wireless mouse? Sometimes when I reboot I
> > get errors about unable to properly talk to the usb device
> > which is the wireless mouse dongle and I have to unplug and
> > plug it back in, at which point it works flawlessly.
> >
> > I've been meaning to move the mouse to a windows box and use
> > it for a while to see if the same thing happens there, but
> > haven't worked up the energy to try that yet.
>
> Thanks, Tom and Frederic. My mouse is a wired (not wireless) one.
>
> Paul

FWIW, I've been using a ten year old Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000.
All of that time on Linux, most of the time on Fedora & RH.
No problems at all
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[George N. White III]

On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 09:50, Frederic Muller  wrote:
> On 8/22/20 7:39 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Recently, when I right-click on my mouse, sometimes it works, but
> > other times not. I am using XFCE on Fedora 32. Could you please help
> > me?

I had problems with USB mouse and keyboard on a new computer with USB3
ports (one of which is used for an external drive) next to the USB 2 ports
where the mouse and keyboard were connected.   I've seen a number of
reports that USB3 radio-frequency interference (RFI) can affect legacy USB
devices as well as bluetooth and wifi.    After moving them to an old USB
hub the problems stopped.
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Paul
> > _______________________________________________
>
> Hi!
>
> I actually have had the same issue using GNOME for quite some times,
> even changed my mouse thinking it was the culprit. So yes maybe it's a
> generic issue?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Fred
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[Fred Smith]

On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 01:39:51PM +0100, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Recently, when I right-click on my mouse, sometimes it works, but
> other times not. I am using XFCE on Fedora 32. Could you please help
> me?
>
> Thanks in advance,

I've heard that Logitech mice will have that symptom when the switches wear.
I've seen it myself. Since I like the feel of Logitech mice, I keep on buying
them, keeping a spare or two that I buy whenever I find them on sale.

Fred

[Samuel Sieb]

On 8/22/20 5:39 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
> Recently, when I right-click on my mouse, sometimes it works, but
> other times not. I am using XFCE on Fedora 32. Could you please help
> me?

Try running "xev" or "evtest" to see if the events are actually 
happening.  "xev" shows the X events, "evtest" will show you the kernel 
level events.

[Tom Horsley]

Earlier in this thread someone said they used a usb 2
hub to get their wireless dongles away from the usb 3
ports. I dug up an old hub I had and gave it a try.

I can't for sure say it worked, because I don't have
a long enough trial period yet, but I haven't noticed
any mouse clicks go missing since I got the dongles
moved to the hub.

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 7:39 AM Samuel Sieb  wrote:
> > Recently, when I right-click on my mouse, sometimes it works, but
> > other times not. I am using XFCE on Fedora 32. Could you please help
> > me?
>
> Try running "xev" or "evtest" to see if the events are actually
> happening.  "xev" shows the X events, "evtest" will show you the kernel
> level events.

Thank you, Samuel and the other respondents.

I have tried "evtest", but it only detects left-button events (and
none from middle- and right-buttons).

In my case,

$ xinput get-button-map 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
$

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

[Samuel Sieb]

On 8/23/20 10:07 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 7:39 AM Samuel Sieb  wrote:
> > > Recently, when I right-click on my mouse, sometimes it works, but
> > > other times not. I am using XFCE on Fedora 32. Could you please help
> > > me?
> >
> > Try running "xev" or "evtest" to see if the events are actually
> > happening.  "xev" shows the X events, "evtest" will show you the kernel
> > level events.
>
> Thank you, Samuel and the other respondents.
>
> I have tried "evtest", but it only detects left-button events (and
> none from middle- and right-buttons).

If evtest isn't showing you any other events then most likely your mouse 
is broken.  Any events coming in on the USB port should be showing up 
there.  The only other alternative is a pretty serious kernel bug.  Can 
you try the mouse on another computer?  Do you have another USB mouse to 
try on this one?

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 8:48 PM Samuel Sieb  wrote:
> > > > Recently, when I right-click on my mouse, sometimes it works, but
> > > > other times not. I am using XFCE on Fedora 32. Could you please help
> > > > me?
> > >
> > > Try running "xev" or "evtest" to see if the events are actually
> > > happening.  "xev" shows the X events, "evtest" will show you the kernel
> > > level events.
> >
> > Thank you, Samuel and the other respondents.
> >
> > I have tried "evtest", but it only detects left-button events (and
> > none from middle- and right-buttons).
>
> If evtest isn't showing you any other events then most likely your mouse
> is broken.  Any events coming in on the USB port should be showing up
> there.  The only other alternative is a pretty serious kernel bug.  Can
> you try the mouse on another computer?  Do you have another USB mouse to
> try on this one?

Thanks, Samuel. You are right: my mouse is probably broken, as I have
just bought a new one, which works perfectly.

Paul