I'm experiencing issues with the left mouse button on my old Sony Vaio laptop while running Mint 21.3 XFCE. The right button and trackpad cursor movement work fine, but the left-click just doesn't respond, even with trackpad taps. When I boot into Windows, everything functions correctly, so I don't think it's a hardware issue. Restarting Mint hasn't resolved this either. Any suggestions? I also noticed pressing hard on the left edge of the button makes it work sometimes, which is odd, and doesn't seem to happen on Windows. I'd appreciate any help!
2 Answers
It sounds like this might be related to the XFCE desktop environment. Have you tried using a different window manager to see if the issue persists? Also, I once had a similar problem due to the synaptics driver; blacklisting or unloading it helped me out. It’s worth a shot if you’re already troubleshooting! Let me know if you need any help with that.
Totally get how frustrating that can be! I'd suggest giving other desktop environments a try just to rule out XFCE-specific issues. It could also be a quirky software bug since the left button works fine in Windows. Sometimes these things can be unpredictable!
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