[Bug 38594] Re: Opening totem disables the mouse

[Chris Lord]

In addition, mouse keys still work, it just seems to be the mouse device that's disabled - This is a standard ps/2 mouse - in xorg.conf, the device node is set as /dev/input/mice.

If I cat the device, totem actually seems to stop the device working completely - It stops receiving input as soon as totem loads (and resumes as soon as totem quits). Other video playing apps seem to work fine, such as wxvlc and gxine.
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Opening totem disables the mouse
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/38594