every so often, i get weird cursor focus problems
Jim Byrnes
jf_byrnes at comcast.net
Mon Sep 20 19:58:58 UTC 2010
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
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