Loss of desktop control

[OAN UQ]

What kind of mouse/keyboard do you have? I had the same problem (+ my 
special keys stopped working sometimes) with microsoft mouse+keyboard 
and the comments in these bugreports here helped out:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/390959

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/636311

It seems installing the custom xorg fixes the problem!

Am 02.11.2010 01:31, schrieb Wade Smart:
> Yesterday I started noticing problems clicking on anything on my
> desktop. I thought it was my mouse needing a new battery. Today,its
> gotten drastically worse. Tonight I cant do anything. Its not the
> mouse so that is one thing down. Right now I have the computer on and
> upon immediately boot I can click on System to start Firestarter.
> After that - cant click on anything. So I rebooted and opened Opera -
> same thing. Rebooted and clicked on System to click on system log and
> --- at that point I cant click on it.  This seemed to start yesterday
> morning after a few updates but, that might not be anything at all.
>
> Wade
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