Left mouse button stops working
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This problem has plagued me for a few years across different laptops and Ubuntu versions. Current I am experiencing this on a Dell Inspiron 15z running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
It typically starts after I have used the chat or call feature in gmail, by clicking on the phone icon in the left chat margin. I am a Firefox user and have not tested this with chrome etc. It has not happened if i dont install google-talkplugin so it is quite possible that the plugin is to blame.
Symptom
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The left mouse button on all attached mice - USB , Trackpad and touch - will not do anything .... however the right mouse button continues to work. This happens to all applications and also to the desktop. The keyboard continues to function as normal.
When this occurs , my solution is to Alt-F4 close all windows and log out of the X session. When I re-login the left mouse button works as normal.
This is an irritant and work disruptor as I have to save all browser and desktop applications to safe state before I logout to reset the mouse. I will appreciate any soltion or workaround.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnred
CompositorUnred
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue May 6 21:41:29 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingI
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:058f]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-17 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 5523
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/18/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: 0GKGJG
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A05
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 5523
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
xserver.bootTime: Tue May 6 21:20:40 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
product id 5558
vendor CMN
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.