Bug 535 - lost mouse after breakes
Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Component:
Core :: UNIX
Version:
1.8.3
Hardware:
PC Linux
Importance:
P4 major
Target Milestone:
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Assignee:
Rob Caelers
URL:
Depends on:
Blocks:
Reported:
Jun 13 2006 17:15:42 UTC
by:
João Borsoi Soares
Modified:
May 14 2010 20:22:49 UTC
WhoWhenWhatRemovedAdded
Rob CaelersAug 27 2007 14:03:54 UTCpriorityP2P4
Rob CaelersMay 14 2010 20:22:49 UTCstatusNEWRESOLVED
resolutionWORKSFORME
versionunspecified1.8.3
Description
João Borsoi Soares  Jun 13 2006 17:15:42 UTC
I am using Fedora Core 5 and installed workrave-1.8.3-1.fc5 using yum from fedora-extras repository.

It happened twice sinse I've installed. After a break I lost my mouse on the hole X. I still can use keyboard, but I can't even use Alt-Tab to switch between applications. Had to kill X and lost all open applications.
Comment 1
Rob Caelers  Aug 17 2006 23:38:14 UTC
Though I've never seen it before, it could be that Workrave didn't release its mouse grab. You could put this in your /etc/xorg.conf:

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option  "AllowDeactivateGrabs" "on"
   Option  "AllowClosedownGrabs"  "on"
EndSection

Then, Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Divide will deactivate all active grabs.  Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply will do the same, and will also kill clients with an active keyboard or mouse grab as well as killing any application that may have locked the server (see man xorg.conf)

So, if Workrave dies after Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply, it is guilty of not relasing the mouse grab.
Comment 2
Rob Caelers  May 14 2010 20:22:49 UTC
I'm closing this 3 year old bug because:
- No further information was received.
- We were unable to reproduce this bug.
- No similar bug reports were received.
- Many thing have been improved in the last 3 years.

Please reopen if  you still see this bug with a more recent version of Workrave.