Mouse grows loyal to one application and will not interact with others | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

peak nacelle Jan 25, 2026, 2:24 PM

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I downloaded arch with KDE Plasma as my DE a bit ago and I've been stuck on this problem that I can't find any solution for, nor have I found anyone that has the same issue.

after a few minutes of using one window my mouse becomes loyal to it, no matter what I do my mouse won't interact with anything else other than the window, every time this has happened I've had to open a TTY and bud in kwin_wayland --replace which gives me a temporary solution, but after a few minutes it's stuck again.

I've been told to switch to X11 and I did try switching to X11, but the issue is either even worse on there, or it's an entirely seperate issue barring me from even clicking.

This might be unrelated but my mouse isn't too happy with interacting with the sddm greeter either.

Please do and try and help me fore I am stumped.

fleet basalt Jan 25, 2026, 3:52 PM

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Wireless or wired?

peak nacelle Jan 25, 2026, 4:03 PM

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fleet basalt Wireless or wired?

wired

fleet basalt Jan 25, 2026, 4:03 PM

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peak nacelle wired

Try a different usb port

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This is really weird

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This has to be lowlevel

peak nacelle Jan 25, 2026, 4:09 PM

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fleet basalt Try a different usb port

I'll try that thank u

cosmic bronzeBOT Jan 25, 2026, 4:09 PM

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fleet basalt Jan 25, 2026, 4:09 PM

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peak nacelle I'll try that thank u

Try that

peak nacelle Jan 25, 2026, 7:35 PM

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my kde was seeing ghost mice and of course ghost mice aren't too good @ clicking

fleet basalt Jan 26, 2026, 2:04 AM

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Ah

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