Replaced the mouse ... it did not fix the problem either ... grrrr ... VERY annoying to say the least. R On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 16:32 -0600, Randy Clarksean wrote: > Tried your suggestion ... did not work ... mouse would still not "click" > on anything. > > Randy > > On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 11:12 -0600, Jonathon Jongsma wrote: > > On 1/22/07, Randy Clarksean <rclark at lakesplus.com> wrote: > > > I have had this issue a number of times and it is getting more than a > > > bit annoying. > > > > > > System: FC5 - have updated everything within the last couple of weeks > > > with yum. > > > > > > I am working along ... at some point the system seems to lock up - after > > > a fashion. I can still move the mouse and the arrow is moving > > > around ... the color of the mouse changes indicating I can move it > > > across windows and that is detected ... but ... I can not select any of > > > the windows open on the screen. It is like the mouse button feature is > > > gone. > > > > > > I eventually get annoyed ... reset X via ctl-alt-backspace to kill X, > > > relog in and then everything is fine. > > > > > > Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Randy > > > > I think I've seen something very similar to this on my system, but I'm > > not sure if it's the same issue. It doesn't happen very often, but > > it's very annoying when it does. I notice it most often on the web > > browser. When I click on links, it acts as if it has clicked them > > (i.e. it gets one of those dashed outlines that shows that it has the > > focus), but clicking the link doesn't actually load the specified URL. > > Other click-related stuff doesn't work correctly either. It seems > > like something has blocked a specific mouse-click event or signal from > > firing. The workaround I usually use is to switch to a text console > > (e.g. ctrl+alt+F1) and then back to X (ctrl+alt+F7), and then the > > mouse will work normally again. You might try that next time it > > happens to you... Unfortunately I haven't investigated it enough to > > find a proper solution. > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list