I can confirm this behavior as well. No problems at all with 8.10 fully patched, but the upgrade caused the behavior described. I noticed that my xorg was modified by the upgrade to comment out the mouse and keyboard sections in favor of HAL.
$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.04 Release: 9.04 $ apt-cache policy nvidia-180-modaliases nvidia-180-modaliases: Installed: 180.44-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 180.44-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 180.44-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ dpkg --list | grep nvidia-180 ii nvidia-180-kernel-source 180.44-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary kernel module source ii nvidia-180-libvdpau 180.44-0ubuntu1 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix ii nvidia-180-modaliases 180.44-0ubuntu1 Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25940512/xorg.conf -- Ghost Mouse coursor images on multiple monitor setup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/358889 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs