Steps to reproduce:
This is a video of how to reproduce it: https://emalm.com/?v=DsBSK
1. Go to google.com
2. Click the Google logo, move the logo as little as possible but enough to
cause dragging and then release as soon as possible after you see that your
mouse started dragging. Eventually
Please also see: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1394981/mouse-gets-
stuck-in-drag-mode-if-you-click-something-move-the-mouse-and-quickly
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I can reproduce it on Live CDs:
20.04
21.10 Wayland.
So it doesn't seem to be a problem with Xorg, but maybe something more
low-level.
This bug requires immediate attention!
It makes the mouse unusable and requires crazy workarounds like mapping
a keyboard key to a click and using it as a mouse
I have a similar problem on Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.3:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1961034
Video: https://emalm.com/?v=DsBSK
Is anyone working on fixing this bug?
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I'm adding the following, so searches of this symptom will also find
this thread:
Once the bug is triggered, it also repeatably affects LibreOffice Calc -
if you click-select a worksheet tab or drag-select a set of cells then
release mouse, it enters drag-and-drop mode, and (strangely) draws a
Happens very frequently for me also on a vanilla 18.04 (Thinkpad), but
only on a small subset of applications. What's strange is that the bug
appeared a few days ago after years without problem.
I do not use any external peripheral (nothing connected to the laptop
except the power supply).
An
Happens very frequently for me on a default ubuntu 20.10 desktop. I
basically have to kill my desktop to fix it, and lose all unsaved work.
It's quite problematic.
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I discovered a way to consistently trigger this. I don't know if all
these steps are necessary, but it works for me consistently this way.
Configuration:
- Ubuntu MATE 20.10
- caja version 1.24.0
- Evolution version 3.38.1-1
Steps to Reproduce:
1. In Evolution, open the 'Compose Message' window.
I experience this problem on Unity though
On average once per week, and usually when I drag file(s) to a Nautilus
window (either from another Nautilus or File-roller)
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Another update: I've installed the Cinnamon desktop within Ubuntu 20.04
and used it for several days. Again the problem never appears, like in
KDE. Only GNOME has this problem, at least on my laptop.
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The problem never appears when I install and use KDE plasma desktop
within the same OS, even though the underlying hardware and drivers are
unchanged. So the problem seems specific to GNOME.
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I confirm that Paul Müller's workaround works for me on Ubuntu 20.04. I
need to read off the touchscreen ID from the output of "xinput". After
that, I disable the touchscreen, and enable it again after I swipe
gently on the screen. This usually makes the problem go away, without
leaving the
@mevsme: This isn't acceptable in Launchpad; please see the Ubuntu Code
of Conduct. I've hidden this comment.
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Mouse cursor gets stuck in
2020 and it's fucking still exist.
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Mouse cursor gets stuck in "drag and drop" mode
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extremely annoying bug
decided to leave 18.04 LTS and try 19.10 to see if it goes away
for me happens when ever dragging something in-between monitors
can tab and move mouse nothing else works
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Same problem here.
System: Mint 18.3 with kernel 4.15.0-55-generic
(Problem seems not to be dependent on kernel version. Had this effect with
earlier kernel versions too)
Desktop: MATE with lightdm
Reproduction: Open two folders in default file manager of mate. Then
drag files from one folder to
Using xubuntu 18.04.2 remote login from Win7 x64 using Turbo VNC Viewer.
Cut/Paste from linux folder to another folder on same remote linux
system.
Cursor frozen with 'Cross' icon. Able to return to Windows, but can't
control Linux anymore. NEITHER SYSTEM HAS A TOUCHPAD OR TOUCHSCREEN!
Linux
I've encountered this or a similar bug in Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell XPS 13
with a touchscreen. I observed that the touchpad seemed to be stuck in
mouse down mode, but only in KDE apps (specifically, Kate and Quassel).
I found this bug report, saw that the bug may be touchscreen-related,
and tried
Similar to @Flavio Henrique Bastos, @Paul Müller, it happened on my
Lenovo X1 Yoga, running the touchscreen with libinput driver
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xf86-input-
wacom/+bug/1774242).
Disabling/enabling the touch screen resolved the problem:
xinput --set-prop "Wacom Pen and
** Package changed: chromium (Ubuntu) => chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
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To manage
The same happens for me, all the way on Ubuntu 17.10 x64. Issue happens
moreso when multitasking between Openshot and Firefox.
** Also affects: openshot
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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New information:
I've been using my ubuntu installation for several days since I posted
my last comment, and had not encountered the bug until I used the `Super
+ FN + Up Arrow`/`Super + FN + Down Arrow` to change workspaces. As soon
as I did that, the bug returned. Will attempt to re-create and
Update from previous comment:
I was able to get the gnome environment into this erroneous state by
using the aforementioned `Super + FN + UP/DN` shortcut to move back and
forth between my workspaces. At this point I think it's reasonable to
call this bug reproducible.
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I disabled the touchscreen by adding `blacklist hid-multitouch` to
`/etc/modprobe.d/hid_multitouch.conf`, rebooted, and within 15 minutes
the bug was back.
It appears as though the super key gets "stuck".
* I have super + e bound to open nautilus, and if I press e when my computer
gets into
** Changed in: chromium (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Also affects: xorg-server
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Same problem on Lubuntu 14.04
Touchscreen: (MasterTouch MT-500 USB), supports only single touch.
Mouse not connected.
problem appears in next apps:
- Chromium: 62.0.3202.75
- Firefox 28.0
Sometimes MouseUp just not firing:
https://prnt.sc/hefody
then i close Chromium / Firefox with ALT+F4
same problem with Ubuntu 17.10 with gnome3
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Disabling the touch screen (as recommended by @Paul Müller) solved the
problem in my notebook as well (Dell Vostro 5480 - Ubuntu 16.04.3).
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Turns out disabling the touch screen with ``xinput --disable 12`` ("ELAN
Touchscreen" listed as "id=12" in ``xinput``) solved the problem for me.
In my case, this is either a malfunction of the touch screen or a system
software problem.
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I have the same problem in Ubuntu 16.04.3, but only for certain
applications (jabref and texmaker so far).
The comment by @spoolboyy helped: I was using a USB mouse and clicking
with the touchpad stopped the drag-and-drop mode.
I am using a Thinkpad X1 Carbon laptop.
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On ubuntu 17.04 my mouse pointer constantly get stuck in various modes
(write, drag-and-drop etc). Only way to get the operational again is to
close all applications or sometimes restarting the system
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Same problem when dragging a file on Arch Linux using the latest version
(currently 3.22.3-1). It happens a lot and is very annoying.
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Just got this when dragging a file from file-roller to a nautilus window
on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit. Nautilus would scroll its window up and down in
response to the vertical position of the mouse pointer, but no button
events appeared to take effect in any application. Had to Alt-F2 and
pkill
Ah, at least for KDE I found a way to solve it.
In systemconfigs => applications appearance => GTK,
change the GTK3 theme from oxygen-gtk (my default settings) to something else.
For instance, Mint-X-blue seems to work.
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on linux mint kde 17.3 freshly installed I have the same problem with the
Firefox file dialog:
as soon as I click on a file, it behaves as in the drag-and-drop mode.
I need to drag it back to its original place and click again to stop this.
Of course this is very annoying. No clue how to solve
I am facing this issue in 14.04 and also in 16.04.
Thanks to breezer(jgbreezer)'s comment. Whenever I face this issue, I am
running this command to fix it.
"pkill nautilus"
Source:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rapidsvn/+bug/402892/comments/12
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To further clarify my remark in #23, when this happens when I am using a
USB mouse, if I right-click using the touchpad, all is back to normal.
It does not matter if I unplug the USB mouse or not.
I was assuming that unplugging the external mouse was making it work
again, but that is not the
I'm seeing this same problem on xubuntu 14.04. It seems to happen in
various applications including Firefox, Terminal Emulator and Pycharm
Community Edition 2016.1.
I am unable to type anything and clicking the mouses buttons (right,
left or center) seems to do nothing.
Since I'm seeing this
Ubuntu 15.10:
This bug annoys me regularly when using putty terminal. I don't need to do
anything else before to make it happen about every 5th time using a putty
terminal.
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Please forget my erranous comment #21
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I have the same (or very similar) problem. I'm on KDE. It happened
somehow by clicking on the application window bar from KDE and it wanted
to drag some window tab. For me, all keyboard input still works,
and I can move the mouse, but the mouse stays in the drag-state and it
ignores all clicks.
Same problem with firefox 41 (trusty / LXDE), when accidentally drag &
dropping a selected text. Was able to work around without a reboot by
using the address bar (CTRL+L) for this time. But when it happen, it's
extremely annoying because even if i could go to a terminal, i was not
sure exactly
Dragging from and to the desktop is doing this to me recurringly on both
my laptop and desktop. I've seen something like this happen before, but
it's getting absurd. This is an extremely embarrassing bug and should be
considered critical.
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This is what worked for me:
sudo gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active false
If that doesn't work, please try this too:
sudo gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active true
Courtesy:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+bug/1430587/comments/14
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Dragging files from the desktop while my chrome browser had WhatsApp Web
open. Worked several times until I got this bug. killall nautilus got
my mouse back.
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Got stuck into dnd -- Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS -- pkill nautilus -- worked for
me.
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i tried to drag'n'Dropp a Directory from a ZipFile to my Downloads Directory.
i had to kill file-roller to get my cursor back.
After that, the same Drag'n'Drop function worked
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I'm on 14.04 with gnome, and pkill nautilus in a terminal worked for
me. Thanks!
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I'm also seeing it semi-regularly in 12.10 when dropping files from
nautilus (think its nautilus, gnome 3 desktop anyway) to Totem. I killed
totem from the terminal and the pointer stayed like that and I couldn't
click on anything else, xkill couldn't even grab the cursor to kill the
Yep, pkill nautilus from a text terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+F1 together
to get a terminal or use an existing one on your desktop if you can via
Alt+Tab/guake/other, once you have one logged in, type the pkill command
mentioned earlier, then use Ctrl+D or type logout(enter) to log out of
terminal;
I just experienced the same exact thing as Igor running 64-bit Precise
Ubuntu 12.04.2 3.2.0-39-generic. I was repeatedly dragging files to
Totem from Nautilus as well.
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Is there maybe a newer version of this bug? I have had a similar episode
on my machine running 64-bit Precise on Linux 3.2.0-32-generic kernel.
I had been dragging and dropping files from Nautilus to Totem when this
had happened.
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Oneiric - Linux 3.0.0-23-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 19 19:19:11 UTC
2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Had this problem using connected to SFTP server in nautilus, accidently made a
drag operation and it stuck.
I don't and haven't used rapidsvn, but I did have gedit running and trying to
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: rapidsvn (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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I saw this
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad#Completely_disabling_Touchpad
In my case the touchpad is the id=13. Next time I will try
xinput set-prop 13 Device Enabled 0
xinput set-prop 13 Device Enabled 1
to see if it works.
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This bug is affecting me right now. Is quite annoying since it
apparently implies to restart the session. This is the second time
today. Third or fourth during the last 5 days if I don't recall wrongly.
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I've this problem too... I was not dragging any file on purpose, of that
I'm sure. But it happened.
I tried a lot, I can get kind of Execute windows from Gnome, but I
can't type there, grr.
Anyways, I have a VMware Virtual Machine in Sleep with this bug active...
Any one interested?
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*You can fix it by pressing the power button, en use arrows to go to
Hibernate, go down, boot up, done.
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As far as I can say this bug is not dependent on RapidSVN but must a
general GNOME Problem. I had this behaviour often when using Epiphany
and get it now when I am using my Wacom tablet. Once an dragdrop
operation is triggered by accident, the cursor is stuck in the drop
mode: i.e. it shows the
You don't have to restart your computer. You can switch from graphical tty to a
console tty, login then kill the process of rapidsvn then switch back to
graphical tty.
To switch between tty, you can use Ctrl + Alt + Fx (x = 1, 2, 3, ...). Usually,
graphical tty is Ctrl + Alt + F7 :)
You can try
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