Mouse click problem

MaxiPigna · March 22, 2011, 11:20am

I read a similar post in the forum, but my problem is different.
Sometimes, without particular reason, the left and right clicks of the mouse don’t work, but I can move it.
The keyboard instead works always, so I can use the system with it.
I observed that sometimes the mouse stops to work when I open a window, and then if I close it trought the keyboard, clicks of the mouse works again.

I would continue to use openSuse, like I do since several years, but if I don’t solve this problem in this month, I think to install the next release of Ubuntu.
I don’t want to leave openSuse, KDE and its netbook plasma (I revalued this workspace recently).:’(

DenverD · March 22, 2011, 12:26pm

On 03/22/2011 11:36 AM, MaxiPigna wrote:
>
> Sometimes, without particular reason, the left and right clicks of the
> mouse don’t work, but I can move it.

try turning off desktop effects–any change?

if using nVidia or ATI graphics, are you using their proprietary driver?

is your mouse wireless? what happens if you move your mobile phone
further away? what happens if you attach a wired mouse?

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“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
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MaxiPigna · March 22, 2011, 1:57pm

I tried to turning off desktop effects, but nothing, it doesn’t work.

I installed nvidia driver by Yast. Naturally, before I added the nvidia repo.

I have this problem both with touchpad and with wired mouse.

DenverD · March 22, 2011, 2:57pm

On 03/22/2011 02:06 PM, MaxiPigna wrote:
>
> I have this problem both with touchpad and with wired mouse.

what version of KDE? and hmmmm…what you have there is very
unusual…and, i wonder what unusual software you may have installed
which is causing this problem…

the mouse click problem, is it always in a particular
application…say, always firefox…or maybe never firefox

how about Flash…maybe it only happens with a (say) youtube video in
full screen…or not full screen?

and, open a terminal, start top and place it where you can see
it…then go about doing what ever you do without covering up top and
then when the mouse clicking stops working look at top and see what
has got the attention…and, if that application changes when the
clicks begin working again…

you wrote “that sometimes the mouse stops to work when I open a
window, and then if I close it trought the keyboard, clicks of the
mouse works again.” and i wanna know what kind of window? terminal
window? skype? opera? or ANY of them…all of them…

really strange. what version of openSUSE are you running? is that from
a fresh install (or upgrade)? did this begin happening immediately
after initial install, or days/weeks/months later? what happened to
the system between working ok and not working ok?

please show us the output of entering the following into a terminal


zypper lr -d

and copy/paste the output back to this thread using the instructions
here: http://goo.gl/i3wnr

what you have is not a ‘normal’ problem…_some_thing is amiss in your
system.

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DenverD
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173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

MaxiPigna · March 22, 2011, 11:33pm

Last version of KDE4.6.

and hmmmm…what you have there is very
unusual…and, i wonder what unusual software you may have installed
which is causing this problem…

I installed nothing in particular. But I installed Dropbox from Contrib Repo.

the mouse click problem, is it always in a particular
application…say, always firefox…or maybe never firefox

It is independent by the application, sometimes it doesn’t work also when no applications run.

how about Flash…maybe it only happens with a (say) youtube video in
full screen…or not full screen?

I don’t tested flash.

and, open a terminal, start top and place it where you can see
it…then go about doing what ever you do without covering up top and
then when the mouse clicking stops working look at top and see what
has got the attention…and, if that application changes when the
clicks begin working again…

I’ll try this method.

you wrote “that sometimes the mouse stops to work when I open a
window, and then if I close it trought the keyboard, clicks of the
mouse works again.” and i wanna know what kind of window? terminal
window? skype? opera? or ANY of them…all of them…

Any of them.

really strange. what version of openSUSE are you running? is that from
a fresh install (or upgrade)? did this begin happening immediately
after initial install, or days/weeks/months later? what happened to
the system between working ok and not working ok?

You’re right. It is very strange. I attended opensuse 11.4 because I had problems reguard to nvidia driver with 11.3.
I come from two installations, I prefer a fresh installation rather than the upgrade, and there was this problem in both installations.

please show us the output of entering the following into a terminal


zypper lr -d


luca@Notebook-Luca:~> zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                                  | Nome                                    | abilitato | Attualizza | Priorità | Tipo   | URI                                                                                      | Servizio
---+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+----------+--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------
 1 | Aggiornamenti-per-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | Aggiornamenti per openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0  | Sì        | Sì         |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/                                                |         
 2 | download.nvidia.com-opensuse           | NVIDIA Repository                       | Sì        | Sì         |   99     | rpm-md | ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.4/                                                 |         
 3 | download.opensuse.org-Extra            | openSUSE BuildService - KDE:Extra       | Sì        | Sì         |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_11.4/                      |         
 4 | download.opensuse.org-STABLE           | openSUSE BuildService - OpenOffice.org  | Sì        | Sì         |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_11.4/          |         
 5 | download.opensuse.org-UpdatedApps      | openSUSE BuildService - KDE:UpdatedApps | No        | Sì         |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/UpdatedApps/openSUSE_11.4/                |         
 6 | download.opensuse.org-mozilla          | openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla         | Sì        | Sì         |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.4/                         |         
 7 | download.opensuse.org-packages         | openSUSE BuildService - Java:packages   | Sì        | Sì         |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:/packages/openSUSE_11.4/                  |                                                                                      
 8 | download.opensuse.org-standard         | Repository principale (Contrib)         | Sì        | Sì         |   80     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/11.4:/Contrib/standard/              |                                                                                      
 9 | ftp.uni-erlangen.de-suse               | Packman Repository                      | Sì        | Sì         |   90     | rpm-md | http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/packman/suse/openSUSE_11.4/                       |                                                                                      
10 | google-chrome                          | google-chrome                           | Sì        | Sì         |   99     | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386                                        |                                                                                      
11 | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0                   | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0                    | No        | No         |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-7561A_30647850_1940048Q111,/dev/sr0 |                                                                                      
12 | repo-debug                             | openSUSE-11.4-Debug                     | No        | Sì         |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/                           |                                                                                      
13 | repo-debug-update                      | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug              | No        | Sì         |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/11.4/                                          |         
14 | repo-non-oss                           | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss                   | Sì        | Sì         |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/                             |         
15 | repo-oss                               | openSUSE-11.4-Oss                       | Sì        | Sì         |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/                                 |         
16 | repo-source                            | openSUSE-11.4-Source                    | No        | Sì         |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/                          |

HELP ME!!!

DenverD · March 23, 2011, 9:38am

On 03/22/2011 11:36 PM, MaxiPigna wrote:
>
> HELP ME!!! :’(
>

i’m pretty much out of ideas and hope a real guru will step in here
and save the day…

until that guru comes you might want to TRY this:

use YaST to add a new test user, then log out of the current session
and then back in as the new test user…and, use the system a while…

see if the mouse does as it should:

if it does we know that there is something in a configuration
file in your /home/[you] directory which is NOT the same as in the
working ok /home/[newTest] directory…
if it is the same broke as when logged in as yourself, then my
next guess is
a. graphics driver, or
b. conflicting software

let us know what you find.

hopefully that guru comes around soon…

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DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD
[NNTP posted w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5, Thunderbird3.1.8, nVidia
173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

MaxiPigna · March 23, 2011, 3:22pm

Thank you for your support DenverD.

DenverD · March 23, 2011, 4:54pm

On 03/23/2011 03:36 PM, MaxiPigna wrote:
>
> Thank you for your support DenverD.
>

welcome…i do wish i could snap my fingers and fix yours, but i cannot.

but, what was the outcome of the test user trial???

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DenverD
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[NNTP posted w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5, Thunderbird3.1.8, nVidia
173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

MaxiPigna · March 23, 2011, 8:35pm

Really strange!!!
I download KDE LIVE iso and after tried it (without problems), I install openSuse by live version.
Now I am testing the new fresh os, which appears to work.
I’ve just installed also nvidia driver without problems. Slowly I am adding several softwares, so I can look for any possible bugs.
The older iso, is a dvd, that I used successfully during the installation on my desktop. So I think it isn’t broken.

DenverD · March 23, 2011, 10:45pm

On 03/23/2011 08:36 PM, MaxiPigna wrote:
> So I think it isn’t broken.

congrats on the fix!!

go slowly…add only one application and then check thoroughly for any
strange behavior so that you can catch what is causing the problem (if
it comes back)…then report the bug and after the dev has asked all
the questions needed to fix it, you can back level to the great system
again…

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DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD
[NNTP posted w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5, Thunderbird3.1.8, nVidia
173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

MaxiPigna · March 24, 2011, 11:10pm

Nothing to do… The problem is appeared again without apparent reason. I think it is related to desktop effects, but I’m not sure.
I’m very unhappy, but the only way to use still openSuse is to go back to 11.3 version.
Do you know if the problem regards to 260.19 nvidia driver is still unsolved?

DenverD · March 24, 2011, 11:40pm

On 03/24/2011 11:36 PM, MaxiPigna wrote:
>
> Nothing to do… The problem is appeared again without apparent reason.
>

but there IS a reason and there is probably already a bug reported
about it…

well it worked just fine right…until (i guess) you did something
(added something, selected something, upgraded something) you did
before…what was that?

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DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD
[NNTP posted w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5, Thunderbird3.1.8, nVidia
173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

MaxiPigna · March 25, 2011, 1:26pm

I modified a desktop effect, but I’m not sure it is this the reason.
However, I restored old value after, but nothing.
Why?!?!?! OpenSuse 11.3 had not this prolem on my HP.

occhigrigi · March 25, 2011, 5:52pm

When you have the problem try <ALT><TAB> through all your open applications until you come back to the one that doesn’t respond to mouse clicks.
Then try again to click.
Report if this helps.

MaxiPigna · March 26, 2011, 4:32pm

Yes, I tried and <ALT><TAB> works, because I can’t the mouse, but I can use the keyboard.

tararpharazon · April 1, 2011, 12:04am

If I may I noticed you have all of your repos at the default priority.
I would modify my repos to prioritize openSUSE Update first, OSS and NON-OSS higher than others (90), development libraries lower (100-160), etc. as needed.

Wired (USB, PS/.2) mouse exhibits same locking? I had a problem on Monday mouse froze, keyboard worked.
It went away when I replaced my wireless USB mouse with a USB wired mouse.
The USB wired worked so after a awhile, I switched back to the wireless and it’s been working.

Ajenjonadita · April 1, 2011, 2:49am

I have the same problem, mouse moves but clicking doesn’t work at all~(1 of 5 clicks work, aprox), keyboard is completely freezed, rebooting the system solves the problem for some hours but it happens again.

I disabled the desktop effects, but it freezes again.

Im using 11.4 64 bits, KDE 4.6.1, full updated~Nvidia driver 260.19.44
Usb mouse and PS/2 keyboard.

DenverD · April 1, 2011, 9:14am

On 04/01/2011 03:06 AM, Ajenjonadita wrote:
>
> I have the same problem

there seems to be on findable work around for this problem…and, sure
seems like one of you with this problem needs to log a bug, and then
the rest add info to the bug until there is enough known about it to
find and kill it…

log the bug here: http://en.opensuse.org/Submitting_Bug_Reports

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tararpharazon · April 1, 2011, 7:29pm

@Ajenjonadita](http://forums.opensuse.org/members/ajenjonadita.html)
Yours is a bit different because the mouse moves and click but your keyboard is frozen. I suspect yours might be the cpu is 100% busy?
Unusually, my processors are above 50% utilization right now. Nothing is frozen but if it goes to 100% then I expect delayed/frozen screens.

suse_tpx60s · April 11, 2011, 7:43pm

Well I’d just like to report that a colleague is experiencing the same problem with the mouse buttons not responding but the mouse curse does move, the scroll wheel works and the keyboard works. I found nothing in the Xorg.0.log or the messages log immediately after the problem occurs. In this case no matter what windows you change to via Alt-Tab the mouse buttons do not respond. The only way out is to shut all apps down via the keyboard and then restart the PC.

This is on a IBM Thinkpad X60s with Intel 945GM graphics card running 11.4 with KDE 4.6.0 (release 6). The problem occurred 3 times today and a few times last week. The person was using Firefox 4, Thunderbird and opening the odd image or pdf file from e-mail attachments. This problem didn’t exist in 11.3.

It’s difficult for me to try diagnose this as the person uses the laptop all day to carry out her work. I’ll try the new user account but would need to copy a lot of the stuff over from her old profile for her to be able to work from the new account so that may negate some of the benefit of trying a new account.

I did a quick search on bugzilla to see if this has been reported but couldn’t find anything. I’ll have a better look tomorrow.