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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote : Inadvertant mouse movement & click is causing cursor to stick on left click

Not sure if proper source but when downgrading can't duplicate at will. (dr to libutouch-geis1_2.2.3-0ubuntu1, though haven't given a long test to inadvertent occurrences

Recently here & with others the left click 'select' has been 'randomly' getting stuck on, causing the cursor to select everything in it's path & otherwise be unresponsive, ie. nothing can be clicked on.

At least here the effect lasts for about 20 -30 sec's, when it happens if stopping all activity the cursor & control return in that time frame

It is also seen on occasion as a 'stuck' grab, same deal, nothing can be done till something releases. Additionally I've a few instances where suddenly the left click is non-functional, again control returns within 20 -30 sec's

With a little practice have been able to cause this to happen within a few attempts, basically moving the cursor with left button depressed (highlight) combined with a small tap.
So will attach 2 video's with short descriptions

It's also possible disabling the tap to click in g-s-d may prevent this, again no long term test

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libutouch-geis1 2.2.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 18 01:15:48 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120216)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
MtDevices: No capable devices found...
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-16-generic-pae root=UUID=e5d89c99-ea87-4066-adde-b104f1d05dd6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: utouch-geis
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A15
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.