Ubuntu 8.10 Logitech LX7 Cordless Optical USB Mouse issues with single clicks being double clicks, multiple clicks for action etc.

[James Dimick]

Posting this as a bug. Here is the original posting: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/57745
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I tried searching around through the bugs and questions for Ubuntu but I couldn't seem to find anything related to my particular issue. Sorry if this has been posted before...

I am running Ubuntu 8.10. For quite a while now (ever since I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04 I think) I have been having very weird mouse issues. Some times my single-clicks will be recognized as double-clicks. Other times I'll have to click several times before my click is even recognized at all. Some times when I hold down my left mouse button to drag it will stop recognizing it and cut off my drag in the middle of it. When I try to select text on a web page or anywhere it will take me several tries to actually get it highlighted. Also, when I try to right-click it will sometimes just execute an item in the context menu without me even clicking on anything.

I wasn't noticing it very much to begin with (in fact at first I thought it was limited to just Firefox) but then as time went on it seemed to get worse and worse. Now I'm having these issues all the time everywhere in Ubuntu. It's gotten to the point where I'm almost considering going back to Windows because this issue has made Ubuntu pretty unusable for me. My keyboard (and other USB devices) work just fine so I don't believe it is a USB issue. My monitor and graphics card are recognized correctly and they work just fine too so I don't think they are the cause either.

I've been searching for at least a month trying to find a solution to this problem but have thus far not found anything that fixes it. All I know is this just started happening in the last release or two of Ubuntu. I was using this same exact mouse and setup before this problem started and everything worked perfectly back then. My current install of Ubuntu is a fresh one directly from the CD. Not an upgrade.

Has anybody heard of this issue? Is there a fix for it? Anything? I'm getting pretty desperate here. As I said, if I can't resolve this soon I may end up going back to Windows. I love Ubuntu but at least my mouse works and I can get things done in Windows.

Here is some details of my current setup:

Ubuntu 8.10
GNOME 2.24.1 (Ubuntu 2008-10-24)
Kernel 2.6.27-9-generic (#1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008)
AMD Athlon Processor
ASUS AN35N Ultra v1.1 Motherboard
2GB RAM
Micro Innovations Internet Keyboard Elite KB565BL (connected via USB)
Logitech LX7 Cordless Optical Mouse (connected via USB)
Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS Graphics Card
Samsung SyncMaster 943BX Monitor (connected via DVI)
Sound Blaster Audigy Sound Card

I can provide any other info needed upon request.

[Id2ndR (id2ndr)]

This really seems to be an hardware issue. Maybe you can try to use in Windows for a while to see if you've got the same trouble. You're batteries may be wrong.

[James Dimick (mail-jamesdimick)]

That's what is so weird to me about this issue. This same exact mouse has worked 100% fine for me in Windows.

[Robert Wilson (r-w-j-wilson)]

I have the exact same issue. Some times the mouse works ok, but most of the time it requires up to 7 clicks to register as a single click. Not to mention when trying to click on links in web pages, sometimes it will grab the link and it requires 4 of 5 clicks to release it. This is definitely not happening when I plug that same mouse into Windows - it works perfectly, so it must be Ubuntu.

[locojay (locojay)]

I am also experiencing similar problem.. I have Windows Vista 64-bit/XP32 and Ubuntu_64 On this same machine. I am not using the same mouse but have a wireless mouse... Logitech Wave laser mouse.. I don't use Unbuntu as much because I'm a heavy gamer... I do not have double click problem but my mouse will be working great then act as though i disconnected it... I reboot and seems to work fine... I seem to have the problem 5minutes after load up... I did get an error screen after pressing the power button.. I can navigate in windows with only a keyboard but not ubuntu.. I got a usb_hub error with a number... sorry i didn't write this info down as I didn't realize it was such a problem.. Usually my mouse works fine after I reboot.. But given what I've read here I'm sure I'm going to have more problems.. I did also notice I have gotten the problem EVERY time I had firefox open... I believe they maybe related... Also my keyboard uses the same USB remote and my keyboard will work unless I remove the remote and plug it back in... I am sorry about the click problem but haven't had that problem...

I also have another PC that I use ubuntu 32-bit on ALOT and it have wired optical mouse and it has never had any problems... I believe it is a wireless issue... Drivers may need to be made to correct this issue for future updates..

Just my thoughts...

[Bob (code-enforcem)]

I am experiencing the same problems with 32 bit Ubuntu 8.10 and cordless Logitech LX7.
Do you know if that was fixed in the new 9.04 release...or I should kiss my nice mouse goodbuy and head to the store get myself a simple mouse that I will hate...

[Jick (jamesdimick)]

Sorry, I haven't been using Ubuntu for a while (mainly because of this issue) so I'm not sure if it was resolved or not. However, I was going to try the new version of Ubuntu here pretty soon. I'll let you know what I figure out.

[Robert Wilson (r-w-j-wilson)]

Bob - This issue seems to have magically disappeared for me - I'm now running 9.04, so maybe the fix was in one of the updates for that? Saying that though I seem to now get fairly consistant crashes where everything freezes and the only thing I can do is reset the machine and log back in again. I'm sure that this isn't related to the mouse and deserves to be on another post, but I thought I'd mention it in case anyone might know what the issue is?

[ghola (jonathacker)]

As of 7/29/2009, I have a similar problem with 32 bit 9.04 Ubuntu on my laptop. The computer will intermittently register multiple mouse clicks when I have not even touched the mouse. I have tried a wired and a wireless USB mouse and get the same problem with each. No problems with the mouse when I boot into windows on the same machine.

[nemesis1911 (nemesis1911)]

09-21-09

I have the same issue using a logitech mouse and keyboard combo in ubuntu 9.04, it just stops working after a wile I just don't know what is wrong its not the mouse I'm sure cuz I use it in windows 7 all the time and its fine

[David Tombs (dgtombs)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Can anyone still experiencing the issue try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

(Assigning to linux--probably a driver bug.)

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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