Re: [dev] [bug] locked mouse pointer

From: Alba Pompeo <albapompeo_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:34:38 -0300

Same here, after blacklisting libinput everything works as expected.
But now I can't use the touchpad, which is inconvenient.
Damn Xorg!


On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Andrew Fuller <abf_AT_google.com> wrote:
> No laptop, no touchpad for me. I've got a standard USB mouse on a
> desktop. For me the bug happened as I was toggling mplayer fullscreen
> and back. I've done that many times since and the bug hasn't come up
> again.
>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Alba Pompeo <albapompeo_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> After searching for a long time, I think I found the bug report about
>> this issue.
>> It's really either a libinput or xorg bug.
>> Are you using a laptop with touchpad by any chance?
>> Blacklisting the touchpad input seems to have fixed it for me, but
>> it's still too soon to be sure. You should give it a try and report
>> back.
>> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26213#c22
>> Let me know if that works for you.
>> And now I'm even more prompt to jump ship and install Wayland. Xorg is
>> a pain in the ass.
>>
>> Ciao.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Andrew Fuller <abf_AT_google.com> wrote:
>>> I ran into the same issue about a week ago, using i3wm+st. Exactly the
>>> same symptoms as you described, and it's the first time it's ever
>>> happened to me. Unfortunately I "fixed" it by unplugging/replugging my
>>> house and I don't know how to reproduce it. But I haven't restarted
>>> any software or rebooted since then, so the problem should still exist
>>> on my setup. Let me know if I can help you track this down.
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Alba Pompeo <albapompeo_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Dears,
>>>>
>>>> I have a weird bug and I'm not sure how to find the culprit.
>>>> I'm using dwm and from time to time my mouse pointer gets locked.
>>>> Highlighting text on st doesn't work, right-clicking on firefox
>>>> doesn't work, left-click dragging on pdf-reader doesn't work, slock
>>>> errors, windows don't get focused and other clumsy things. When I
>>>> restart X the problem is solved, but it soon happens again.
>>>> I'm very lost as what's the cause of this.
>>>> I tried logging dwm's stderr, but found nothing relevant there.
>>>> The only clue I have is that when I try to run slock while the bug is
>>>> happening, I get this message --- slock: unable to grab mouse pointer
>>>> for screen 0
>>>> Who could be the culprit here? dwm? xorg? driver?
>>>> Can anyone think of a way to debug this?
>>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Ciao.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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