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Phantom clicks on desktop (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 hours ago by qyron@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been having a serious issue with phantom clicks on a laptop, to a point is nearly impossible to work on a desktop.

At first I assumed it was something related with a bluetooth daemon call that kept returning an error on startup. I forced access to a CLI and managed to uninstall the bluez package but the issue persisted.

I assumed then it was an issue with the mouse itself but after unplugging it completely, using the touchpad had the same behaviour. I also tried tweaking the mouse settings, to no difference.

Finally, I tried booting into Windows, as this machine has a dual boot, and there both mouse and touchpad report no erratic bahaviour.

After a few online searches, I found similar issues reported but back in 2014, mostly related with kernel drivers, which by now must be solved, as the system initially didn't had this issue, with a fresh install.

The only non-repo app the system has is Zoom and, again, it didn't started having this issue when installed.

Can someone spare some advice on this?

My temptation is to just do a fresh install but as I once read somewhere "we don't do that here". :)

The distro being run is Mint, on a generic Intel based laptop.

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[–] lig@lemmings.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I don't have a solution for you. Just wanted to cheer you up a little with my experience in a similar situation. In my case those phantom clicks and mouse movement were from a wireless mouse my kid uses which he was fiddling with like it's a fidget in another room thinking he has turned it off.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Annoying but cute. I'm very careful with making sure the correct dongle is inserted in the computer.

I use a vertical mouse no one else is capable of using and all the other mice in the house are conventional.

There was a time where I regularly made a fool of myself by having more than one mouse connected.

[–] lig@lemmings.world 1 points 48 minutes ago

I've moved to trackballs several years ago