Whenenver I try to use my mouse without a dongle (direct connection through bluetooth), I get the situation in the picture.
I’d like to give you more information but there isn’t a pattern. It happens in the middle of using it. It happens when I don’t move for a while, then suddenly move my mouse. It happens if I was using the scroll wheel for a while and started moving the mouse again. It has no learnable pattern.
The mouse works perfectly if I use the dongle. Mouse worked (probably still works) perfectly in Windows. I’m on Linux Mint (Zara)
I tried what little (4 threads) information I could find about this topic so I’m here.
Any solutions?
Edit: Thank you everyone but the solution to the problem is bigger than the problem. I thought it would be an easy solution but I need this USB slot once every 3 months, I can live with that :D
Is the dongle plugged in while you’re also trying to connect over bluetooth? It almost looks to me like the two connections are conflicting with one another.
No, this entire ordeal is caused because I need the USB slot. But, you might be onto something. When I turn the mouse off, I don’t get “Mouse disconnected message”. Only when I turn it back on I get “… disconnected” + “… connected” together.
If you’re fine with using the dongle and are just out of USB ports on the laptop, have you considered using a small, unpowered USB hub? I mean, it’s an extra item to carry, but on the other hand, then you also can have more USB ports, and I assume that if you’re out of USB ports, you’re probably already doing a fair bit of plugging and unplugging anyway. Something like this?
https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Splitter-Ultra-Slim-Expander-Compatible/dp/B0CD1BHXPZ