Cursor crazyness in 10.10

[Burton Samograd]

Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> writes:

> 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.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm using wired periferals.  I think this
is some sort of software problem...

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Burton Samograd