Comment 16 for bug 41301

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:14:32 -0000
Héctor <email address hidden> dijo:

> Same problem here (edgy, feisty)
> Ctrl Alt F1 -> Ctrl Alt F7 makes mouse buttons to work with the current window (1 time).
> Very annoying.
> The only solution I found is rebooting the system to get it working for a while.
> Can't test xev, since I can't focus the window. The window behind xev test window won't lose the focus. (Alt tab not helping)
>
>
> Bug Importance rated medium??
> I'd rate it critical.

First, it's rated medium because it doesn't affect very many of us. Another reason it's not rated higher is because there is a workaround. The workaround is to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Add "noapic acpi=off" to the end of the root line. You can do this while booting just by hitting e when the boot menu appears. Then select the root line and hit e again. Go to the end of the line and add the command. Hit return to save the edit and then b to continue the boot process.

Editing it during boot makes the command happen on booting, but only for that session. If it solves the problem you can add it to the end of the line by editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. From a command line enter "sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst." When Gedit comes up add the command to the end of the line and save the file. Now it will be permanent.