[ale] weird mouse problem

[Damon L. Chesser]

On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 14:03 -0400, Richard Faulkner wrote:
> Starts to make *me* wonder about a bug...
> 
> I'm currently running (and at the time of my failure):
> 
> Fedora 12 (Constantine)
> Kernel Linux 2.6.32.19-163.fc12.i686
> GNOME 2.28.2
> Evolution 2.28.3 (this is where I was working when my mouse hang
> occurred and cleared when I force-quit the application -- nothing else
> open)
> 
> How about you Damon and Jim?

Debian Sid
2.6.32-5-amd64  (debian provided)
Gnome 2.30.2
Evolution 2.30.3

I had it happen once or twice before the "big event" but it was so
brief, I did not notice it until the big loss of mouse clicking.  It was
as if a dialog window was open somewhere that needed attention before
you could progress, but I could not find it.  I just hard-booted.  Has
not happened since and I was playing with compiz w/awn and Lxde



> 
> ...Rich in Lilburn
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com>
> Reply-to: damon at damtek.com, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run
> Linux! <ale at ale.org>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] weird mouse problem
> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:32:58 -0400
> 
> On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 21:20 -0400, Jim Philips wrote:
> > I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Everything had been working okay. But today,
> > I got this problem with the mouse where no mouse clicks have any
> > effect. The cursor moves just fine. But no clicks seem to register.
> > The logs indicate some issue with USB and it is plugged into a USB
> > port. But I can't highlight and copy the text, because that would
> > imply mouse clicks. I can type commands at the command line. Any idea
> > where I should start looking?
> > 
> > 
> > By the way, the mouse works fine in Windows.
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> Well, anecdotal but...yesterday playing with lxde and compiz, I
> completely lost my mouse clicks for minutes, then they came back.
> Perhaps we are seeing a bug.  Or they are unrelated.  
> 


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Damon
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