every so often, i get weird cursor focus problems

[Jim Byrnes]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 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.
>
>    argh.  this just happened to me for the second time in less than an
> hour and it is quickly losing its entertainment value.  i've tried
> various combinations of ctrl, alt, esc, backspace and so on, to no
> avail.  i finally just switched to virtual console tty1 so i could
> post this note.
>
>    this strikes me as a fairly serious issue.  has the actual cause
> been identified yet?
>
> rday
>

I'm sorry I don't know.  I've been busy and it happened only that one 
time so I haven't pursued it.

Regards,  Jim