I have Mint 20.2 on an HP laptop and the usb mouse cant open anything with the usual double click only the trackpad.
I thought going from 20.1 to 20.2 might fix it but it didn't.
Any standard fixes I can try ?
usb mouse wont open anything
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Re: usb mouse wont open anything
Interesting. The mouse moves around, but the select doesn't work? Is this wired or wireless?
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Re: usb mouse wont open anything
Yes, the mouse moves the cursor but when I double click a desktop icon nothing happens. it is a wired usb mouse.
Re: usb mouse wont open anything
A computer restart might fix this. Select Menu - 'Mouse and Touchpad'. Go to the bottom and do the 'Double-click test'. Does that say 'Success'? Maybe move the Timeout slide to the middle.
Does 'right click' - 'open as' from within Nemo work?
Does 'right click' - 'open as' from within Nemo work?
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Re: usb mouse wont open anything
I tried the mouse on two other machines, one with linux and the other with windows and got the same thing.
Maybe it's not a Mint issue afterall. did not really think usb mice could die but I think mine did.
Thanks.