X.org mouse click/focus woes

[Bob Jonkman]

I've had this happen mostly in Pidgin. I think there's a hidden modal window open somewhere, maybe an error message of some sort. Sometimes killing the app restores the mouse, but sometimes that's only  temporary.

--Bob.

Tyler Aviss <tjaviss at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Aug 7, 2012 3:26 PM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier" <hugh at mimosa.com> wrote:
>>
>> | From: Tyler Aviss <tjaviss at gmail.com>
>>
>> | I'm having issues in X where I can move the cursor with my mouse, click
>> | buttons with the keyboard, but not click/focus with the most.
>>
>> s/most/mouse
>> ?
>>
>Sorry, mouse
>
>> I assume that to click with the keyboard you also have to navigate
>> with the keyboard: the mouse has no effect on which button is
>> selected.
>>
>> | It happens in both gnome and KDE, with various mice (mouse?). I tried a
>> | fresh reinstall to fix it but it's still occurring, even after going
>from
>> | Ubuntu 10 to 12.
>> |
>> | It *does* seen to go away if I logout + logon, but returns after the
>next
>> | reboot.
>> |
>> | Google hasn't provided any useful hints yet.
>> |
>> | This is on a Zotac Ion box /w nforce chipset.
>>
>> Some misbehaving applications?  Some applications can grab control of
>> the mouse and not let go.  At least so it seems to me -- I don't
>> actually know the X model from the programming side.
>>
>DOesn't seen to be it. With keyboard, current window had focus, and the
>menu-bar icons couldn't be clicked either.
>
>Not sure on if it's ion/kind, will check.
>
>> You don't mention your distro or release.
>>
>> I use Acer Revos with Ion for HTPCs.  Seem to work fine in this
>> regard.  They run Ubuntu 10.04.  Your Zotac may use Ion2 which might
>> be different.
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