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titegtnodI

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Registered: 2011-07-19

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[SOLVED] Weird Mouse Issue (Moves on Click ...?)

My mouse moves every single time I click. The closer it is to the top-left, the less it moves, the closer it is to the bottom-right, the more it moves. It seems to be moving towards the top-left corner of the screen, about 2px up and 2px to the left when it's in the bottom-right. It moves when I click, and when I release.

I'm using AwesomeWM as my window manager. Please let me know any other information you may need. This is more annoying than it sounds, I might just stop using my mouse for a while on Linux, until this is fixed of couse .

Last edited by titegtnodI (2013-01-16 01:16:23)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Weird Mouse Issue (Moves on Click ...?)

Diagnostic steps:
0) make sure this isn't you ... click very carefully, then
1) run xev, and see if MotionNotify events are created when you click on the xev window
2) use xdotool or a similar tool to simulate a mouse click, does the cursor also move?

And of course, if you have another mouse:
3) try another mouse

Last edited by Trilby (2013-01-16 00:48:56)

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titegtnodI

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Registered: 2011-07-19

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Weird Mouse Issue (Moves on Click ...?)

Diagnostic steps:
0) make sure this isn't you ... click very carefully, then
1) run xev, and see if MotionNotify events are created when you click on the xev window
2) use xdotool or a similar tool to simulate a mouse click, does the cursor also move?

And of course, if you have another mouse:
3) try another mouse

Thank you very much for such a quick response!

I moved my mouse to xev and clicked 5 times (or 6 I forget) then I did "Super+R" pkill xev. This is the output: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/56501951/xevout

Weird, another mouse works fine, so does xdotool. Why do I only run into this issue on Linux? I know a couple friends with the same mouse as me, I'll try to figure out what's wrong with the mouse suddenly on Linux then o.o. It's a Logitech G300.

Edit: Just tried my friend's mouse (G300), same issue.

Edit2: Looks like when I click, there are no MotionNotify events.

Edit3: Following the wiki page here solved my issue, thank you very much!

Last edited by titegtnodI (2013-01-16 01:15:52)