my external mouse doesn't click in Ubunto but it does in Windows

cereal_killer69 · 03-15-2020, 11:39 PM

I have a Toshiba C655 and just installed Ubuntu 17, so in my laptop I cannot use the integrated mouse,it moves but doesn't click. So i use a external one,in Ubuntu I use the external as well but after a couple minutes stops working, it moves but doesn't click... (neither the external nor the integrated) HELP!!!!!!

pan64 · 03-16-2020, 12:42 AM

the very first thing is: check the log files in /var/log and in your home if you could find anything related.

ferrari · 03-16-2020, 02:01 AM

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I have a Toshiba C655 and just installed Ubuntu 17, so in my laptop I cannot use the integrated mouse,it moves but doesn't click.

You mean it's trackpad (and buttons) device?

If you run 'xev' in a terminal (install package of the same name if required), are the buttons enumerated as a registered event?

Some device and Xorg driver info might be useful...

Code:

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

Code:

grep -i "Using input driver" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

ferrari · 03-16-2020, 02:24 AM

Just in case this thread is relevant to your situation...
https://askubuntu.com/questions/9439...n-16-04/944906

ferrari · 03-16-2020, 02:29 AM

Also, share your graphics hardware and driver details...

Code:

inxi -Gxx

camorri · 03-16-2020, 02:29 AM

I had a look at a Toshiba pdf on your laptop. The device on your keyboard is a trackpad. These things work a little differently, you left click with a single finger tap, anywhere on the pad. A right click is three fingers together, one tap. The middle button click, like a scroll wheel click is a two finger tap. You scroll with a two finger drag.

Winders may have an area, closest to you, set up as the tap, or click zone. Give that a try and see what you can figure out.

You can also ( according to the doc ) disable the trackpad. I do that with my Acer laptop and use an external Logitech mouse. Its a more "mouse" like experience.

If this doesn't help, xev is the next step, as ferrari has suggested.

ferrari · 03-16-2020, 02:32 AM

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I had a look at a Toshiba pdf on your laptop. The device on your keyboard is a trackpad. These things work a little differently, you left click with a single finger tap, anywhere on the pad. A right click is three fingers together, one tap. The middle button click, like a scroll wheel click is a two finger tap. You scroll with a two finger drag.

The C655 has discrete buttons below the trackpad...
https://www.cnet.com/reviews/toshiba...-c655d-review/