Comment 24 for bug 571534

I turned off all the firefox extensions and that seems to have taken care of
it.

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Henry Nee <email address hidden>wrote:

> I have been using 10.04LTS on two machines, and just installed it again
> on a Toshiba Satellite L305-S5918 for someone else. I am experiencing a
> similar problem where the mouse cannot click on things. Upon restart,
> things go back to normal. I tried using Microsoft wireless 5000 mouse,
> Microsoft IntelliMouse, and the touchpad on the laptop with the same
> result.
>
> What happens is that the pointing device, (anyone of the above,) would
> lost its ability to get focus on an object. However, I can still "tab"
> my way around and use keyboard to execute "clicks".
>
> I was able to finally find some additional info that may be helpful.
> When it fails, I can do Alt-F4 to close the application and get back to
> desktop, and at that point, I will re-gain control of mouse to launch
> another application. I then launch Sudoku, a game that comes with
> standard install, and found the following issue.
>
> When I click on a square for the first time, it will get focus. I I move
> to another square and click, my focus will not move, but rather, the
> original square will get the click and gets into the number selection
> screen. If I do Alt-F1 to get out of the selection screen, I can move to
> another square using keyboard, and move the focus there, but not with
> the mouse click.
>
> Now, what may be most significant find is that when the focus is moved
> to a second square using keyboard cursors, and I click on the mouse
> anywhere on screen, the click is sent to the original square, and opens
> up the selection screen for that square, not the new square.
>
> On all the machines that I have 10.04LTS installed, only this one is
> intel based. All others have AMD solution. Another observation is that
> when my initial installation is completed, and the CD ejected, the
> screen keeps saying there is an error. I found that it should not be a
> concern with on line installation document, but just some more
> information to share.
>
> Also, when it happens, I noticed that screen saver seems to be locked
> into the background. As soon as I close the focus grabbing app with
> AltF4, the login screen will appear. I don't think screen saver is the
> cause of the problem, as I have disabled it and the same problem still
> occurs.
>
> Another observation. On the working machine, under System-Preference-
> Mouse, I have only two tabs, General, and Accessibility. On the
> offending one, I have three tabs, General, Accessibility, and Touchpad.
> I don't know why there is a Touchpad tab on the offending machine, as
> both machines have Touchpad on them.
>
> I hope this could be helpful. Good hunting!
>
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> Title:
> Lucid - Mouse stops working after shortly after login
>