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Mouse keeps disconnecting and reconnecting, non stop. (It's fine) (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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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

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago*

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

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