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Mouse keeps clicking and scrolling up in Xubuntu 18.04

Asked by KD

Hi, I recently installed Xubuntu 18.04 for the first time, and a few days ago I noticed that my mouse is acting weird.

Every time I'm in the file manager, as well as some menus with tabs, the mouse scrolls up on its own.
On some programs, like for example Arduino IDE, the mouse keeps left-clicking continuously on its own.
On other programs though, like Firefox, and in my Windows 7 partition, everything works perfect.

This, as you can imagine, makes my Xubuntu partition nearly unusable.

It's not a hardware problem, since I tested multiple mice on multiple USB ports and I tested the mice on other PCs.
Hover click is grayed out so it's not it either.
I tried resetting mouse options to default, it did nothing.
I tried logging in as a new user, the problem persists.
Disconnecting my Wacom tablet made no difference.

I asked in #xubuntu IRC, received a few suggestions, didn't help. I made a post at r/Xubuntu, same result.

My mouse is Bluetooth (though I did try a wired one), my PC is a desktop.

Can someone please help?

Thank you very much in advance.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Have you tried a wired mouse in a different USB port? If you are using a USB hub then remove that and connect directly to the PC

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KD (piggytater) said : 		#2

I tried that, had the same problem. I don't have a USB Hub, I connect everything directly to the back of my PC.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

If you reset the BIOS to defaults then setup again does it help?
Do you have the latest BIOS?

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KD (piggytater) said : 		#5

I don't mess with the BIOS, really. I haven't touched it for many years. I don't even know how to do that safely. But why would the BIOS change anything, on its own, without reason, especially if it's only in Xubuntu and not on Windows? Is there at least a way to see if that's the problem's origin before I start messing with it?

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KD (piggytater) said : 		#6

Turns out I'm not very bright.

After disconnecting everything, including the mouse, I booted the system, and the mouse still worked. I had completely forgotten that I switched my bluetooth mouse with one that has its own tiny dongle. After I found it I disconnected and reconnected it and now it works fine.

Thank you all SO MUCH for the help and sorry for wasting everyone's time with my forgetfulness.