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I recently switched to Linux. Everything went fine, but when I installed the gnome-shell, it started to ignore clicks outside the focused window. I cannot click on another window to focus it or click on any gnome UI elements. The super key also does nothing. I installed gnome-tweaks and I use a user theme, but that shouldn't be the problem because the problem remained even when I had a fresh install. Also, sometimes when I reboot it works normally. But after another reboot, it comes back.

PS- I found a very temporary fix: If I move the focused (or sometimes other windows) it will start recognizing my keystrokes. On Firefox I need to move the window by the bar with open tabs, as I cannot move it with the title bar.

I read this thread by someone who had a very similar issue, but the solution did not work for me. I think it has to do something with NVidia drivers, because if I change them then the frequency of this happening changes.

Sorry if something is weirdly written. English is not my native language.

pomsky
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bain
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So after doing some more research, I stumbled upon a thread with the same question. It turned out to be a problem with my Mad Catz R.A.T. 3 mouse. I didn't realise that i didn't have any drivers for it. Here's how you can fix this issue.

Write this section to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "InputClass"    Identifier "Mouse Remap"
    MatchProduct "Madcatz Mad Catz R.A.T.3 Mouse"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection

PS: Here's a link to ArchWiki. It has all the information you need to set up your mad catz mouse.

bain
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I had the same issue with my Kingsis Peripherals Evoluent VerticalMouse 4. Appending the following to the bottom of xorg.conf file fixed it for me. Thanks!

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier       "Mouse Remap"
    MatchDevicePath  "/dev/input/event*"
    MatchProduct     "Kingsis Peripherals Evoluent VerticalMouse 4"
    Option           "ButtonMapping"   "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
benathon
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I contracted the same issue on ubuntu 20.04 a few days after I started using a new mouse (Razer DeathAdder Elite). Perhaps it's related to the mouse. Or perhaps it's related to an system update that maybe didn't work out well today.

I was afraid I'd have to reinstall ubuntu, since it was mostly unusable, but this thread suggested reinstalling compiz. Compiz is a window manager, of which there are a few.

You can find out what your window manager is: How to determine which window manager is running

For me it turned out to be gnome-shell. Reinstalling it + restart did the trick, now everything is usable again. The Gnome-UI looks a bit different, so I don't know if perhaps the update was the issue (or just reinstalling deleted my previous config). I'll see if it holds up, since I'm still using the new mouse.

I'm also thinking about starting a file-backup in case I do have to do a re-install some day...

Rafael Emshoff
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