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My cursor turned into a "plus" shape and unable to click

I am using ubuntu 18.04 and my cursor turned into a thick plus, that looks like the following screenshot:

cursor

I can move my cursor, however the mouse buttons are frozen and I am unable to click anything. Rebooting the system can fix it, but I need to fix this without doing so. Is there a way to fix this?

Solution

  • I solved it by

    killall -KILL import

    from https://askubuntu.com/questions/1031400/mouse-cursor-turned-into-a-thick-plus-cannot-click-but-mouse-can-move