Left mouse dissappears after running for a few minutes
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Bug Description
After running Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" for a couple of minutes, the left mouse key becomes unusable (e.g. clicking on objects on the GNOME desktop doesn't work anymore). The right mouse key still works, the mouse pointer is visible and can be moved as usual.
This behaviour occurs with three different USB mice (Logitech Revolution, Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer and Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0); all thre mice are working fine on a Windows PC, so this is not an hardware issue.
I tried to switch USB ports, but this didn't resolve the issue, either.
If I connect throght SSH to this machine, I'm getting these reports:
$ uname -a
Linux athena 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:32:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ tail /var/log/messages
Oct 11 23:32:34 athena kernel: [ 167.890872] usb 1-2.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
Oct 11 23:32:34 athena kernel: [ 168.009430] hub 1-2.4:1.0: USB hub found
Oct 11 23:32:34 athena kernel: [ 168.009620] hub 1-2.4:1.0: 4 ports detected
Oct 12 00:11:59 athena kernel: [ 2531.709404] usb 8-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
Oct 12 00:11:59 athena kernel: [ 2531.932992] input: Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse® Explorer as /devices/
Oct 12 00:11:59 athena kernel: [ 2531.933129] generic-usb 0003:045E:
Oct 12 01:46:09 athena kernel: [ 8176.785327] usb 6-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
Oct 12 01:46:39 athena kernel: [ 8207.342045] usb 6-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7
Oct 12 01:47:10 athena kernel: [ 8237.898680] usb 6-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
Oct 12 01:47:20 athena kernel: [ 8248.430649] usb 6-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 9
$ tail /var/log/syslog
Oct 12 01:59:55 athena sensord: in6: +0.05 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
Oct 12 01:59:55 athena sensord: in7: +3.07 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +4.08 V)
Oct 12 01:59:55 athena sensord: Vbat: +3.22 V
Oct 12 01:59:55 athena sensord: fan1: 1339 RPM (min = 10 RPM)
Oct 12 01:59:55 athena sensord: fan2: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
Oct 12 01:59:55 athena sensord: fan3: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
Oct 12 01:59:55 athena sensord: fan4: 1603 RPM (min = 10 RPM)
Oct 12 01:59:55 athena sensord: temp1: 42.0 C (min = 127.0 C, max = 127.0 C)
Oct 12 01:59:55 athena sensord: temp2: 25.0 C (min = 127.0 C, max = 127.0 C)
Oct 12 01:59:55 athena sensord: temp3: 23.0 C (min = 127.0 C, max = 70.0 C)
I have no idea where to look for any useful information about this issue - please advise if there's anything you need to know. I tried to post this issue throught the "ubuntu-bug" shell command, but I'm not sure if this is gathering useful information; currently it's printing dots over the screen for several minutes.
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tags: | added: mouse usability usb |
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this bug occurs on my system, too.
it only occurs when I push one of the media keys on my "microsoft wired 600" keyboard. when I attach those functions to different keys they work fine, but those now un-used keys (play/louder/ quieter/ mute) still cause the same bug.