Cursor crazyness in 10.10

[Basil Chupin]

On 17/12/2010 07:14, Burton Samograd wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I installed 10.10 a couple of months ago and it seems to work pretty
> well except for one major annoyance.  I use focus follows mouse in my
> window manager and occasionally (and often) moving the mouse cursor to
> another window (usually to a terminal from a firefox window) causes the
> cursor to start flashing very quickly between the I cursor and the
> default arrow.  The keyboard also becomes somewhat non-responsive and I
> have to shake the mouse cursor around to stop the flashing from
> happening. Eventually it stops.
>
> At first I thought it might have been compiz so I switched to metacity
> but the problem still persists. No other changes have been made to my
> desktop other than switching window managers; it's a pretty conservative
> setup.
>
> Does anyone else have this problem or know of a solution?
>
> Thanks.

I had a similar but not same problem a while back. The solution may not 
apply to you of course.

I have a cordless keyboard and mouse. Both started to play up - 
especially the mouse. Took a bit of time to figure out what was causing 
the hassle. The receiver station for the k/board and mouse had slipped 
under and behind the LCD monitor and the signal was being corrupted by 
the monitor. I pulled the receiver to the front of the monitor and 
problem disappeared.

BC

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