[Linux] [L4D2] Mouse Clicks Not Registering

[sunnybubblegum]

In my Left 4 Dead 2 session today, my mouse buttons in-game were unresponsive about half of the time. I sometimes had to click them up to four, five, even seven times, or worse indefinitely, before the game responded. This occurred with both the left-click and right-click. I didn't seem to have the problem on the game menus, only in-game.

Then other times, I would click the mouse buttons, and the character would start shooting or shoving repeatedly and indefinitely. It only stopped when I clicked the respective mouse buttons again (sometimes after multiple tries, as well).

Everything other than the mouse clicks was working well: mouse movement, keyboard strokes, etc.

At first I thought it was only because of my high ping connection to the server I was on. But then I tried hosting my own game, and it still happened. Then I tried playing single player, and it still happened. I started to worry my mouse was failing.

I quit the game, and tested my mouse out on the desktop. It seems to be working great -- both left and right clicks. So it's not the mouse.

I also tested playing another game afterward, and the mouse clicks all register as usual. I guess it remains to be seen whether this problem will persist in future Left 4 Dead 2 sessions.

The mouse I use is an HP, PS/2-connected mouse.

System Information:

Processor Information: Vendor: AuthenticAMD CPU Family: 0x10 CPU Model: 0x5 CPU Stepping: 0x3 CPU Type: 0x0 Speed: 3100 Mhz 4 logical processors 4 physical processors HyperThreading: Unsupported FCMOV: Supported SSE2: Supported SSE3: Supported SSSE3: Unsupported SSE4a: Supported SSE41: Unsupported SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information: Network Speed:

Operating System Version: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (64 bit) Kernel Name: Linux Kernel Version: 3.8.0-44-generic X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation X Server Release: 11103000 X Window Manager: Compiz Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2014-07-22

Video Card: Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GT 240/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  3.3.0 NVIDIA 331.38
OpenGL Version: 3.3
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0xca3
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 23.62" x 13.39"  (27.13" diag)
                                        60.0cm x 34.0cm  (68.9cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x 

Sound card: Audio device: VIA VT1708S

Memory: RAM: 7984 Mb

Miscellaneous: UI Language: English LANG: en_CA.UTF-8 Microphone: Not set Total Hard Disk Space Available: 232570 Mb Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 89159 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

[sunnybubblegum]

I just tested Left 4 Dead 2 on single-player, and the problem is gone. Maybe it was just an anomaly.

[elijahdorman]

I've had the same issue on multi-player.

Processor Information: Vendor: GenuineIntel CPU Family: 0x6 CPU Model: 0x2a CPU Stepping: 0x7 CPU Type: 0x0 Speed: 2401 Mhz 8 logical processors 4 physical processors HyperThreading: Supported FCMOV: Supported SSE2: Supported SSE3: Supported SSSE3: Supported SSE4a: Unsupported SSE41: Supported SSE42: Supported

Network Information: Network Speed:

Operating System Version: Linux Mint 17 Qiana (64 bit) Kernel Name: Linux Kernel Version: 3.13.0-24-generic X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation X Server Release: 11501000 X Window Manager: KWin Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2014-08-20

Video Card: Driver: NVIDIA Corporation Quadro 1000M/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  4.4.0 NVIDIA 340.46
OpenGL Version: 4.4
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0xdfa
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  2
Primary Display Resolution:  1600 x 900
Desktop Resolution: 1600 x 900
Primary Display Size: 13.58" x 7.64"  (15.55" diag)
                                        34.5cm x 19.4cm  (39.5cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 2048 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x 

Sound card: Audio device: Conexant CX20590

Memory: RAM: 3835 Mb

Miscellaneous: UI Language: English LANG: en_US.UTF-8 Microphone: Not set Total Hard Disk Space Available: 377982 Mb Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 301232 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

[sunnybubblegum]

I just had this issue occur.

It occurred on four out of five chapters of the first campaign I played. By the fifth, the problem had disappeared. I then played a second game, and the problem was fully gone. I played both games on Single Player, in the same session.

The issue wasn't quite as bad as last time, with shots this time usually only requiring about three clicks to start firing. But it got as bad as four to six clicks on two occasions.

Testing the left and right clicks afterward on the desktop showed that they are both still working fine.

Stuff like this seems to happen when I haven't restarted my computer in a few days, after I've opened and closed a lot of Steam games and applications. I haven't had this particular problem since the original post, but I've had other problems like Left 4 Dead 2 freezing, after having my PC running for a few days to a week. Just an observation.

I'm still running Ubuntu 12.04, and my system specs are about the same as last time, except I'm now using a Razer Salmosa Korea Pro-Gaming Edition, USB-connected mouse. Here they are again just in case.

System Information:

Processor Information: Vendor: AuthenticAMD CPU Family: 0x10 CPU Model: 0x5 CPU Stepping: 0x3 CPU Type: 0x0 Speed: 3100 Mhz 4 logical processors 4 physical processors HyperThreading: Unsupported FCMOV: Supported SSE2: Supported SSE3: Supported SSSE3: Unsupported SSE4a: Supported SSE41: Unsupported SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information: Network Speed:

Operating System Version: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (64 bit) Kernel Name: Linux Kernel Version: 3.8.0-44-generic X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation X Server Release: 11103000 X Window Manager: Compiz Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release_2014-08-20

Video Card: Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GT 240/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version:  3.3.0 NVIDIA 331.38
OpenGL Version: 3.3
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x10de
DeviceID:  0xca3
Number of Monitors:  1
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 23.62" x 13.39"  (27.13" diag)
                                        60.0cm x 34.0cm  (68.9cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x 

Sound card: Audio device: VIA VT1708S

Memory: RAM: 7984 Mb

Miscellaneous: UI Language: English LANG: en_CA.UTF-8 Microphone: Not set Total Hard Disk Space Available: 232570 Mb Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 70920 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

[jwcalla]

I remember having this problem once. I recall that it began exactly after I updated to a particular NVIDIA driver version (331.38) and went away after I upgraded to a newer driver, which came after upgrading from 12.04.5 -> 14.04.

[jwcalla]

I experienced this again tonight and tracked it down to one of the Cube compiz plugins. I'm not sure which of the three (I'll dig in deeper later), but after disabling them the issue went away.

It makes me wonder just how much latency, performance and other issues can be caused by compiz plugins.

[kisak-valve]

Hello, is anyone still experiencing this issue with an up to date system?

[kisak-valve]

Closing pending feedback.