Right click menu flickers and gone. Happen mostly on first few right click . Endea Linux

andrewysk · 09-16-2020, 03:48 PM

Anybody having problem with linux system that when right click , the right click menu just flicker and gone before you can even click one of the menu.
Or I think a more clear description of the issue is: right click menu appears less than a second then gone.

This happens mostly one dolphin file manager; the menu appears and gone in less than a second for several times before the menu stay visible, each time i right click on a different things.

It happens on firefox too, but not all the time. sometime the menu stays when i keep holding down the right click menu

I am using Endea Linux, but i think this happen on a lot of distro, it is a common issue.. even with mint linux.. but there is no solution offered.. some suggested mouse drift sensitivity.

What's the problem ?

jamison20000e · 09-16-2020, 04:14 PM

Definitely try a different mouse. If you're near a thrift store, they should have a few or cheap ones most places...

andrewysk · 09-19-2020, 11:06 AM

I have tried another cordless mouse.. It is no mouse issue.
There are quite a number of ppl complaining the same issue.
It could be related to the display issue, especially since my laptop is msi and it is hybrid display.

ondoho · 09-19-2020, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewysk

Anybody having problem with linux system that when right click , the right click menu just flicker and gone before you can even click one of the menu.
Or I think a more clear description of the issue is: right click menu appears less than a second then gone.

This happens mostly one dolphin file manager; the menu appears and gone in less than a second for several times before the menu stay visible, each time i right click on a different things.

It happens on firefox too, but not all the time. sometime the menu stays when i keep holding down the right click menu

I am using Endea Linux, but i think this happen on a lot of distro, it is a common issue.. even with mint linux.. but there is no solution offered.. some suggested mouse drift sensitivity.

What's the problem ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewysk

I have tried another cordless mouse.. It is no mouse issue.
There are quite a number of ppl complaining the same issue.
It could be related to the display issue, especially since my laptop is msi and it is hybrid display.

Right clicking des this across distros? It does sound like a hardware problem to me. Could be the mouse, the chord, the USB connector, the touchpad --- sending stray clicks.
Show us where someone has the same issue.

How could it be a display issue? And what's a hybrid display?

andrewysk · 09-19-2020, 01:32 PM

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=195644

There are other ppl in other linux forum also have same issue, although they didn't post,i posted on endea forum, one user also said he encountered the same thing, and it is not mouse nor battery issue.

Code:

$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
        DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 1113
--
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 940M] (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 1113
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia

$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940M] driver: nvidia v: 450.66 
           Device-3: Acer MSI Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: intel,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 
           1: 1920x1080 2: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.1.7

Does this imply that my nvidia card is not use , since nvidia driver is not loaded. My nvidia card is "NVIDIA 940M"

GPGAgent · 09-19-2020, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewysk

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=195644

From the link you posted - 2015 I think it said "after using several distros and having the same problem with each, to a greater or lesser extent, I have decided it has something to do with the sensitivity of the mouse"

Have you tried a corded mouse?

frankbell · 09-19-2020, 08:21 PM

I'm not sure whether this is related to OP's problem, but for what it's worth:

I've had a similar issue from time to time. It was because I did not have my finger far enough down the mouse button, so I wasn't making a good contact within the mouse. By moving my finger farther down (or forward), I made the issue go away.

andrewysk · 09-20-2020, 09:28 AM

I have problem with corded mouse and cordless mouse both. Both are Logitech mouse

Quote:

Originally Posted by GPGAgent

From the link you posted - 2015 I think it said "after using several distros and having the same problem with each, to a greater or lesser extent, I have decided it has something to do with the sensitivity of the mouse"

Have you tried a corded mouse?

andrewysk · 09-20-2020, 09:34 AM

I care assure you this is a problem. It has nothing to do with mouse and it has nothing to do with usb 2 or usb 3 and it has nothing to do with how finger is pressing mouse button.
When i got the issue of flickering right click menu , it keeps happening, i have tried like dozen of time, it just keeps happening. If it has to do with the way my finger press the button, it would have stop happening; because it happens a few dozens of time. I have tried everything i can.
Is there no terminal command that i can do to see the button "pressed" whether the computer received it , or it is spicky (which means bad hardware contact). Or any command i can type to see right click button signal that os receving ? I thought linux is all about manual power.. i thought we can see and do anything even change the kernel, if we want to..

The reason why this problem keeps happening randomly from time to time and distro to distro and hardware to hardware (laptop hardware, not mouse, or many both hardware to hardware interface), is because it does not happened to everyone. Hence it is not a concern. And what made it worst, this problem tend to go away after sometime and somehow.. but it will comes again, and goes away as will.

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

I'm not sure whether this is related to OP's problem, but for what it's worth:

I've had a similar issue from time to time. It was because I did not have my finger far enough down the mouse button, so I wasn't making a good contact within the mouse. By moving my finger farther down (or forward), I made the issue go away.

boughtonp · 09-20-2020, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewysk

Is there no terminal command that i can do to see the button "pressed" whether the computer received it , or it is spicky (which means bad hardware contact). Or any command i can type to see right click button signal that os receving ? I thought linux is all about manual power.. i thought we can see and do anything even change the kernel, if we want to..

There probably is a specific tool, since keyboard input has "showkey".

Possibly evemu does it, but I'd expect something already installed.

You can do "sudo cat -A /dev/input/mouse0" which (for me) prints "$^@^@^H^@^@" each time the right mouse button is pressed, again I'd expect a specific tool that presented friendly output, but maybe that's enough to see if it's registering a double signal for a single press or something.

teckk · 09-20-2020, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Is there no terminal command that i can do to see the button "pressed" whether the computer received it

xev or xorg-xev or evtest

Look at:
man xinput
xinput list
xinput --set-prop

You can set minimum double click time if that helps with button bounch. I did that once for a worn out mouse.

andrewysk · 10-01-2020, 06:02 PM

Thanks for suggesting this.
I did tried out what you suggested, never knew got such thing.

This is when i do 2 right clicks

Code:

^@^@^H^@^@
^@^@^H^@^@

This is when i do left click

Code:

^I^@^@^H^@^@

This is when I do a "right click" then "left click"

Code:

^@^@^H^@^@^I^@^@^H^@^@$

It appears that my "right click" is exactly fine.It does not generate random right click which some people said "loose contact issue"

Quote:

Originally Posted by boughtonp

There probably is a specific tool, since keyboard input has "showkey".

Possibly evemu does it, but I'd expect something already installed.

You can do "sudo cat -A /dev/input/mouse0" which (for me) prints "$^@^@^H^@^@" each time the right mouse button is pressed, again I'd expect a specific tool that presented friendly output, but maybe that's enough to see if it's registering a double signal for a single press or something.

andrewysk · 10-01-2020, 06:28 PM

I tried ,

Code:

 xinput --watch-props 15

I also tried all possible device IDs,
but the only one that i can see state change is "touchpad toggle button", which gives out:

Code:

$ xinput --watch-props 18
Device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad':
        Device Enabled (200):   0
        Coordinate Transformation Matrix (202): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
        libinput Tapping Enabled (354): 1
        libinput Tapping Enabled Default (355): 0
        libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (356):    1
        libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (357):    1
        libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (358):       1
        libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (359):       0
        libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (360):  1, 0
        libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (361):  1, 0
        libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (334):       0
        libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (335):       0
        libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (362):    1
        libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (363):    1
        libinput Scroll Methods Available (336):        1, 1, 0
        libinput Scroll Method Enabled (337):   1, 0, 0
        libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (338):   1, 0, 0
        libinput Accel Speed (345):     0.000000
        libinput Accel Speed Default (346):     0.000000
        libinput Accel Profiles Available (347):        1, 1
        libinput Accel Profile Enabled (348):   1, 0
        libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default (349):   1, 0
        libinput Left Handed Enabled (350):     0
        libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (351):     0
        libinput Send Events Modes Available (319):     1, 1
        libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (320):        0, 0
        libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (321):        0, 0
        Device Node (322):      "/dev/input/event16"
        Device Product ID (323):        2, 14
        libinput Drag Lock Buttons (352):       <no items>
        libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (353):       1
Property 'Device Enabled' changed.
        Device Enabled (200):   1
Property 'Device Enabled' changed.
        Device Enabled (200):   1
Property 'Device Enabled' changed.
        Device Enabled (200):   0
Property 'Device Enabled' changed.
        Device Enabled (200):   0

The last 4 lines shows when i press touchpad toggle on/ off button.

Can't see anything with mouse. Also don't know what to do with "xinput --set-prop".

Quote:

Originally Posted by teckk

xev or xorg-xev or evtest

Look at:
man xinput
xinput list
xinput --set-prop

You can set minimum double click time if that helps with button bounch. I did that once for a worn out mouse.