Tohir Solomons

How to bring your mouse back to life in Ubuntu

Posted on the February 2nd, 2011 under Linux,Software and Technology by Tohir

Occasionally, I encounter the issue where my mouse moves around the screen, but I can’t left click. Right click does work. Instead of rebooting tonight, thought I’d try to find a solution tabbing away on the keyboard whilst I still had a browser open.

Solution:

• Press Ctrl+F1 to go to a terminal screen
• Login with your username and password
• sudo mobprobe -r psmouse
• sudo modprobe psmouse
• Ctrl+F7

This removes the mouse ‘driver’ from the kernel, and re-adds it. Wallaa!