right mouse button not working

Question

I am using Lubuntu 14.04 for over a year and suddenly my right click button does not work and I am unable to right click anywhere

I tried the following commands:

sudo su
echo options pmouse proto=exps > etc/modprobe.d/pmouse.conf

Specifications:

HCL Desktop
Frontech motherboard
2GB Ram
Microsoft Usb Mouse

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '15 at 18:39

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I know this sucks, but checking the obvious, did you verify that this is not hardware failure? Does the mouse work on another system?

answered Feb 23 '15 at 18:39

Buck McDaniel

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yup! it turned out to be a hardware problem. It was also not working in win xp. Thnx. – Agnishwar Samanta Feb 27 '15 at 07:27
It's looks like I also have a hardware problem. Right button click works as left button click on both Linux and Windows. However somehow Chrome is able to figure this out and the mouse work properly there. Is there are any way to tweak it on the system level, so it works as expected in all the applications? – Dmitry Druganov May 02 '21 at 13:35

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 19 '15 at 13:38

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I had the same issue with my mouse. It turned out that if the battery gets weak the right mouse button stops working. It's always good to look for a simple solution first.

edited Apr 19 '15 at 13:38

Elder Geek

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answered Apr 19 '15 at 01:48

Bruce Borello

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Good one, if OPs mouse is wireless. – David Foerster Apr 19 '15 at 02:17
I disagree with above votes: Sometimes a low-tech solution is the best... :P ;-) **Voted to keep open.** – Fabby Apr 19 '15 at 12:41

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