every so often, i get weird cursor focus problems
Jim Byrnes
jf_byrnes at comcast.net
Fri Sep 17 18:06:52 UTC 2010
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> occasionally, i've run into the problem where my entire desktop
> enters some strange state where i can't activate a window by simply
> clicking on it, i can't switch virtual desktops, and a bunch of other
> oddities that seem related to mouse focus of some kind. in fact, it's
> happening right now. any suggestions?
>
> ubuntu pre-maverick.
>
> rday
>
Just happened to me for the first time yesterday. Your exact symptoms
and more. Try pushing the esc key a few times, this eventually let me
shutdown. I rebooted twice but the problems remained and I thought I
was hosed. The third time I rebooted all was well, just like it never
happened.
Regards, Jim
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