Cursor getting stuck in launcher

Question

It's a weird issue. The cursor gets stuck in place but still moves so that if I click I click on what I aimed to but the cursor is not where it should be. It only happens in the launcher. I tried this to no avail.

Can you post your lsb_release -rd please? – Pavel Sayekat Sep 15 '17 at 13:30 — Pavel Sayekat, Sep 15 '17 at 13:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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EDIT:

first do:

modprobe -r psmouse

modprobe psmouse

If it will not help, boot into grub (by holding shift) and perform RAM check.

another possible solution would be reinstalling drivers:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install xserver-xorg-input-mouse

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Sep 15 '17 at 12:59

chazecka

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Does not help unfortunately. – H3R3T1K Sep 15 '17 at 13:06
did you do a reboot? – chazecka Sep 15 '17 at 13:08
Yes. The cursor still gets stuck in the launcher. – H3R3T1K Sep 15 '17 at 13:11
edited the answer, please try new solution – chazecka Sep 15 '17 at 13:12
I'm getting errors: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/25540554/ – H3R3T1K Sep 15 '17 at 13:41
Those errors would probably be fixed by the last command. Seems like the mouse driver is somehow messed up. – chazecka Sep 15 '17 at 13:43
With the last one I'm getting an error stating that the package "xserver-xorg-input-mouse" cannot be found. – H3R3T1K Sep 15 '17 at 13:46
Let us continue this discussion in chat. – chazecka Sep 15 '17 at 13:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 16 '17 at 14:18

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Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 when you arrive at the login screen.
Run sudo service lightdm stop to stop the X server.

Install NVidia-370:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-370 nvidia-settings

Add blacklist nouveau to bottom of file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.
Run sudo update-initramfs -u.
Run sudo reboot to restart.

Your mouse should have now appeared correctly! Please reply stating if this solution worked or not.

edited Sep 16 '17 at 14:18

Eliah Kagan

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answered Sep 15 '17 at 23:48

Anony Mouse

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Why install nvidia drivers? I'm on intel graphics. – H3R3T1K Sep 16 '17 at 08:19
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Try looking at this page, seemed to have a similar problem https://askubuntu.com/questions/838692/ubuntu-16-10-mouse-cursor-stays-in-upper-left-corner – Anony Mouse Sep 18 '17 at 01:48

Cursor getting stuck in launcher

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