Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse is lagging on Manjaro Linux

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Good morning to all!
I am a new Manjaro user, I installed it a few days ago as my main system.

I have been having a problem with my Bluetooth mouse “Sculpt Comfort Mouse Microsoft”. When I boot the system and plug it in it seems to respond quickly to movement.
But after I start opening applications with different load on the computer, it starts to lag. The cursor does not move according to my movement but after a while.

This does not happen to me when I connect my mouse on other devices (Android for example).

The lag seems to start once I open a program that does any significant amount of background processing (Pure Data or Firefox for example).

System information:

inxi --full --admin --filter --width                             ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 6.5.13-7-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.5-x86_64
    root=UUID=991266cc-a642-4a6a-ba4e-8596b6bb1c62 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=ca1a1485-89da-4538-875f-d3653595df7a
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 45.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.39 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 45.0.1
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP 255 G7 Notebook PC
    v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 87CE v: 51.27 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
    v: F.37 date: 08/24/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 38.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.1/40.9 Wh (93.3%)
    volts: 12.9 min: 11.3 model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD 3020e with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen
    level: v3 note: check built: 2017-19 process: GF 14nm family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 0x20 (32) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8200103
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 192 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x64 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 2x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
    desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 847 high: 1000 min/max: 800/1200 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1000 2: 695 bogomips: 4792
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: SMT disabled
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega
    process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 38.0 C
  Device-2: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP TrueVision HD Camera
    driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    bus-ID: 1-6.1:4 chip-ID: 05c8:03d2 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x095e built: 2015 res: 1366x768
    dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1366x768 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:
    drv: radeonsi inactive: gbm
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 23.1.9-manjaro1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (raven2
    LLVM 16.0.6 DRM 3.54 6.5.13-7-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:15d8
    memory: 1.95 GiB unified: no display-ID: :0.0
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x,
    snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
    snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 02:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 02:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.13-7-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off with: nsmd status: off tools: N/A
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
    tools: pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-4: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6.3:5 chip-ID: 0bda:b00a
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 56.4 GiB (6.1%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 7C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 629.24 GiB size: 618.3 GiB (98.26%) used: 56.38 GiB (9.1%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 25.6 MiB (5.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 221 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 6 GiB
  available: 5.73 GiB used: 2.06 GiB (36.0%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1499 libs: 385 tools: gnome-software,pamac
  pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.31

I would appreciate any help in resolving this issue!

Update:
The problem turned out to be what Megavolt mentioned about WiFi and Bluetooth connections interfering. Thanks so much for the help!

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Hi @carambolooo, and welcome!

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And you use Wifi, right? I see the same issue a thousand times in different scenarios. It is rooted in the problem of coexisting between Wifi and Bluetooth, since both use the same range 2.4Ghz. Yeah Bluetooth does frequency hopping to mitigate that, but honestly, Linux drivers do a bad job here. Android drivers on the other hand are well tested, since it comes preinstalled.

So if you download a lot over wifi, it can happen that bluetooth will suffer (means packets are dropped, what results in a higher delay), or Wifi gets significant slower.

Just an explanation. Only thing I can suggest is using an ethernet cable, if you really need bluetooth. I personally don’t use any Bluetooth on any OS, because it was always a terrible and annoying experience for me. I prefer always cables and only wireless as backup, if even needed.

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