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
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