every so often, i get weird cursor focus problems

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010, Jim Byrnes wrote:

> 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.

  i had to eventually power cycle the last few times but today,
magically, things went back to working properly.  no idea if it was
anything i did.

rday

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