Comment 54 for bug 362359

Hmm - for the past week I have been running Lucid (clean install from
alt-installer) with attached Genius G-pen 509 tablet attached and wizardpen
input driver.

The problem has not recurred for me in that time.

This is the same machine on which I observed the bug with Jaunty and my
tablet.

System:
Intel Core i7, 6Gb RAM.
Ubuntu Lucid x64, 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP, Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT,
nvidia-current: 195.36.15-0ubuntu2
Compiz.

Cheers,
Glenn.

On 13 May 2010 08:19, alx <email address hidden> wrote:

> Can confirm this for 9.10 install CD and after 10.4 upgrade. Also, it
> appears on Gentoo.
>
> ALT-F2 and "metacity --replace" fixes this for a short time.
> Removing wacom and synaptics input drivers doesn't help.
>
> Configuration:
>
> Desktop system with Intel motherboard and Pentium IV.
> Video: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
> USB wireless mouse and keyboard, additional PS/2 keyboard.
> Linux magic 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:27:30 UTC 2010
> i686 GNU/Linux
> xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7
>
> Issue seems to be connected with hardware uptime (warm restart fixes it
> for a short while when power-cycling fixes it for longer time).
>
> --
> Focus gets stuck to a window - impossible to select other windows
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362359
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> Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Alright, terribly annoying bug that gets me to reboot several times a day,
> but very hard to understand how to trigger it.
>
> What happens: after some time of usage, you get "stuck" in a window. Idem
> est, you can not select another window.
> You can still click, select and drag in the window that has the focus, but
> clicking on other windows, or on the panel, just doesn't work.
>
> Notes:
> - With window I don't mean "application window". For example it can only be
> the page view in firefox, and you won't be able to click the buttons or the
> URL field. It can also be the main text window in xchat, and you wont be
> able to click in the user list or to change the chatroom.
> - The click seems to be grabbed by the window having the focus, even if you
> click outside of it. For example, using xchat, if the main text window has
> focus, clicking and dragging in the user list will actually select text in
> the main text window.
> - Using xev, it seems that clics do not get passed to the correct window at
> all (nothing received)
> - I have no idea what triggers this as sometimes it will trigger alone - pc
> works, I leave it for an hour, I come back, the problem is triggered
> - Curious effect now: dragging and dropping to another window gives focus
> to the window, and seems to be the only way to do so. For example if in
> firefox the main page view window has the focus and I cant click the
> buttons, drag and dropping text to the buttons gives the focus to the
> buttons, and I can't clic the page view window anymore. Drag and dropping a
> button to the page view window gives it its focus back....
>
>
> Additional info:
> * Compiz disabled
> * Intel graphic card
> * Ubuntu jaunty - latest patches
> * Using a laptop, with an USB mouse
>
> HAL, xserver, I have no idea where to file this bug into. I hope it will be
> fixed before the release, it is really terribly annoying :s
> Please tell me if there is any other detail I can provide.
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