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Upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04.1 over the weekend. Checked that Mouse Keys is enabled under Accessibility settings. The cursor movement functions for the keypad number such as 2 and 4 work properly but the 5 button does not produce a mouse click even though the pointer shows as a hand with a finger extended. Rebooting does not fix the problem.

Any workarounds?

user5868557
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You need to log in on an Xorg session for making this work.

Using GUI

  1. Log out using the "logout" option in the system menu (when you click on the combined wifi/speaker/battery icon in the top right.
  2. In the login screen, select your username so you could type your password
  3. Before typing your password, click the cog wheel on the bottom right, then select "Ubuntu on Xorg". Now enter your password and log in.

Using CLI

Open a command liner terminal and use any text editor (We are using vi) and open this file with root permission.

  1. sudo vi /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

  2. Look for the line that says "WaylandEnable=true". Change it to "WaylandEnable=false".

  3. Now restart the GDM3 or reboot your desktop.

$ sudo systemctl restart gdm3

  1. To check the current version, run this code in the Terminal:

    echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

Vitor Abella
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  • Thanks! As it happens, the problem went away with 22.04.2. Perhaps because I first followed your advice and then switched back to regular Ubuntu? – user5868557 May 04 '23 at 17:04
  • @user5868557 I did a fresh install of 22.04.2 and I had to do the procedure of my answer. – Vitor Abella May 04 '23 at 23:28
  • I have 22.04.3 and if I press 5 on the keypad after enabling mouse keys, I often get a right click instead of left one (deterministic, when it starts then it'll always produce right clicks). That's so strange, I can't find any piece of configuration about this in dconf-editor or anywhere else. – Avio Sep 14 '23 at 14:49
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    @Avio , try pressing "/", "*" "-" "+" and "." . One of them change 5 to right and left click. – Vitor Abella Sep 14 '23 at 22:49
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    @VitorAbella, you were totally right, it's / that makes 5 change mode from left click to right click, thanks! – Avio Oct 04 '23 at 15:09