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Mouse pointer moving by itself
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Most likely it’s caused by the pointing stick in the middle of your keyboard. Many people have reported this problem in both Windows and Linux.
You can [disable it][1].
To summarize the link, first list your devices:
$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ USB Optical Mouse id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint Stick id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ TOSHIBA Web Camera - FHD id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Toshiba input device id=13 [slave keyboa
Then disable the pointing stick:
$ xinput disable 12
substitute 12 with your pointing stick device ID.
[1]: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=228860