On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 12:16 +0000, michael wrote: > On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 15:51 +0000, michael wrote: > > I've not managed to define precisely when I get problems but I'm > > noticing > > the following symptoms and was wondering if some kind soul would help me > > debug what's going on in order to get to a solution? Thanks, Michael > > > > set-up: etch, gnome (eg gnome-core 2.14.3.6), metacity 2.14.5-4 and > > Dell/Logitech USB optical mouse (seems to work fine in WinXP), with > > nVidia graphics card/TwinView and 2 monitors (diff resolutions) > > > > symptoms (occasional and not sure how to repeat) > > > > a) double clicking won't select anything > > b) in evolution, clicking on a new message or folder has no effect > > c) the cursor (arrowhead) disappears - if I set prefs to show cursor by > > depressing 'CNTL' I get the moving rectangles but there's no cursor > > there) > > d) focus doesn't move to new window (as it should and usually does) > > > > I think the following is also a symptom but not 100% sure: > > e) doing ALT-TAB to move between windows does nothing on very first > > ALT-TAB > > > > If it's the keyboard that's failed then using I also cannot get Gnome > > menus (it selects the top level but nothing is shown) but can use the > > mouse to open more new app/windows and then at some pt the keyboard > > seems to be 'reset' such that it starts working again. > > > > I've tried KDE and that also has the keyboard not responding (eg if I > > try to switch desktops quickly then the keyboard stops responding) - > > opening the control centre and changing options in there appears to > > 'reset' the keyboard. > > > > Any thoughts either on what's going on or how to debug it to narrow > > down the issues? I've asked on the Debian mailing list but am still > > stuck. I've had this line in my xorg.conf re Mouse device: > > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > > although it's a USB mouse I'm using, but commenting it out I still see the > > same issues > > adding boot kernel option 'noapic' (as suggested on some fora) doesn't > help
but if in Gnome I turn off Gnome (metacity?)'s "select windows when the mouse moves over them" option (and thus also turning off auto-raise) it *seems* to make the problem go away... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
