[CLOSED] Mouse Wheel Click Stopped Working

caj2arch · 2021-07-02 16:56:33

Within the past two weeks or so, the center-button-click function of my mouse wheel stopped working. Everything else mouse-y works: left/right, up/down, left-click, right-click, and wheel-scrolling. I've grown very fond of clicking the mouse wheel to paste highlighted text and would like to restore the behavior.

I'm (fairly) up-to-date with archlinux 5.12.13.arch1-2, xfce 4.16.xx, and all other packages through pacman -Syu (last run 6/30/2021) and have been using the same Logitech M525 mouse for the past several years. It seems that mouse configuration ought to be managed through some feature of xfce, but I have been unable to find anything obvious in Settings.

Happy to provide any other config details the experts out there would like to see. I just don't know where to look.

'ppreciate your help. Thanks.

Last edited by caj2arch (2021-07-02 22:49:35)

seth · 2021-07-02 18:02:43

Do you register an event in "sudo evtest" or "sudo libinput debug-events" or "xev -event button"? (They abstract in that order, ie. if you don't get an event in evtest, there's basically no point in trying xev if you selected the proper device)

Edit: if not, does it work w/ the lts kernel?

Last edited by seth (2021-07-02 18:03:44)

caj2arch · 2021-07-02 19:39:47

Thanks, Seth. Here's the output:

$ sudo evtest
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Available devices:
/dev/input/event0:	Power Button
/dev/input/event1:	Power Button
/dev/input/event2:	Logitech M525
/dev/input/event3:	Logitech M215 2nd Gen
/dev/input/event4:	Logitech K330
/dev/input/event5:	PC Speaker
/dev/input/event6:	Video Bus
/dev/input/event7:	HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic
/dev/input/event8:	HDA Intel PCH Line
/dev/input/event9:	HDA Intel PCH Line Out Front
/dev/input/event10:	HDA Intel PCH Line Out Surround
/dev/input/event11:	HDA Intel PCH Line Out CLFE
/dev/input/event12:	HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3
/dev/input/event13:	HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7
Select the device event number [0-13]: 2
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x3 vendor 0x46d product 0x4013 version 0x111
Input device name: "Logitech M525"
Supported events:
  Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
  Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
    Event code 272 (BTN_LEFT)
    Event code 273 (BTN_RIGHT)
    Event code 274 (BTN_MIDDLE)
    Event code 275 (BTN_SIDE)
    Event code 276 (BTN_EXTRA)
    Event code 277 (BTN_FORWARD)
    Event code 278 (BTN_BACK)
    Event code 279 (BTN_TASK)
    Event code 280 (?)
    Event code 281 (?)
    Event code 282 (?)
    Event code 283 (?)
    Event code 284 (?)
    Event code 285 (?)
    Event code 286 (?)
    Event code 287 (?)
  Event type 2 (EV_REL)
    Event code 0 (REL_X)
    Event code 1 (REL_Y)
    Event code 6 (REL_HWHEEL)
    Event code 8 (REL_WHEEL)
    Event code 11 (REL_WHEEL_HI_RES)
    Event code 12 (REL_HWHEEL_HI_RES)
  Event type 4 (EV_MSC)
    Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)
Properties:
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Event: time 1625254133.409884, type 2 (EV_REL), code 8 (REL_WHEEL), value 1
Event: time 1625254133.409884, type 2 (EV_REL), code 11 (REL_WHEEL_HI_RES), value 120
Event: time 1625254133.409884, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1625254134.597918, type 2 (EV_REL), code 8 (REL_WHEEL), value 1
Event: time 1625254134.597918, type 2 (EV_REL), code 11 (REL_WHEEL_HI_RES), value 120
Event: time 1625254134.597918, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1625254141.342157, type 2 (EV_REL), code 8 (REL_WHEEL), value -1
Event: time 1625254141.342157, type 2 (EV_REL), code 11 (REL_WHEEL_HI_RES), value -120
Event: time 1625254141.342157, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1625254142.468215, type 2 (EV_REL), code 8 (REL_WHEEL), value -1
Event: time 1625254142.468215, type 2 (EV_REL), code 11 (REL_WHEEL_HI_RES), value -120
Event: time 1625254142.468215, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------

The four sets of event responses are from rolling the mouse wheel two notches up and then two notches down. Clicking the mouse wheel produced no event report.

Not sure how to assess working with the lts kernel.

caj2arch · 2021-07-02 19:43:00

For what it's worth, this problem arouse just about the same time as my separate "Audio Stopped Working" post in this forum.

seth · 2021-07-02 19:44:57

Not sure how to assess working with the lts kernel.

https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/linux-lts/

caj2arch · 2021-07-02 22:49:18

Embarrassment abounds. Swapping in another mouse works, so my original mouse must have a busted switch on the wheel. Thanks for the input and sorry for the fire drill.

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#1 2021-07-02 16:56:33

[CLOSED] Mouse Wheel Click Stopped Working

#2 2021-07-02 18:02:43

Re: [CLOSED] Mouse Wheel Click Stopped Working

#3 2021-07-02 19:39:47

Re: [CLOSED] Mouse Wheel Click Stopped Working

#4 2021-07-02 19:43:00

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#5 2021-07-02 19:44:57

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#6 2021-07-02 22:49:18

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