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[Tish <41301@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can confirm what Ken wrote. With Ubuntu 10.04 my left click stops only
with the external wireless logitech USB mouse. The touch pad continues to
function. My Laptop is Dell XPS m1530

On 2 November 2010 12:12, Ken Pratt <kenpratt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have the same left mouse click stop working problem.  However, this
> only occurs on my laptop that has a touch pad.  Left clicking does not
> stop working on the touch pad by itself (no external mouse attached) and
> in tandem.  Even when the external mouse looses its click, the touch pad
> does not.  When the external mouse does loose its click, I just unplug
> it then plug it back in.  I've never had the problem on my desktop
> machine (no touch pad, just an external USB mouse.)
>
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> Mouse clicks stop working sporadically
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41301
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>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> This bug is a long standing one for me in Dapper but it becomes more and
> more frequent in recent Dapper beta.
>
> Unfortunatly, there's no way I can reproduce it.
>
>
> Symptoms : the mouse buttons (all of them) stop working without any reason.
> Seems to happen mainly when surfing with Epiphany but not only.
>
>
> In fact, it's just like my mouse was in another dimension. I use "focus
> follow pointer" and it doesn't work anymore. I can see my cursor and moving
> it : the system just ignore it. No more click, no more focus following
> pointer.
>
> Also, the keyboard keeps working perfectly. By using shortcut keys, I can
> continue working normally.
>
> The workaround to have the mouse again is hopefully very simple :  use the
> change desktop shortcut. The alt-tab shortcut is also working. Yes, it's
> strange, but they are the only two shortcuts I've found that bypass this bug
> ! Strange isn't it ?
>
> My mouse is a PS/2 Logitech MX310. The workaround seems to be the proof
> that it's not an hardware failure.
>
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