Ubuntu
webkit package

mouse "trapped" no clicks even outside of window possible

Bug #461424 reported by iroli
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Epiphany Browser
Unknown
Medium
webkit (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: epiphany-browser

The bug shows itself in that the mouse cursor is changed (to a hand, or a hand with a plus sign) and does not become the default cursor any more, not even outside of a epiphany-browser window. No clicks are possible.

killall epiphay-browser from a console helps.

The bug can be triggered by dragging images on websites (the cursor becomes a hand). You may need to quickly klick drap and relase while rapidly moving the mouse to trigger the bug. I can reproduce it all the time.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 26 21:37:13 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: epiphany-browser 2.28.0-4ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: epiphany-browser
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

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iroli (roland-lezuo) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

Changed in epiphany-browser (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
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Kevin Cheng (kcheng4) wrote :

For me, it doesn't seem to work for all images. I came across it when reading manga on onemanga.com. Perhaps it involves javascript?

Example of how to get epiphany bugged:
open epiphany and go to: http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/471/01/
Click the picture and try to drag it somewhere. (The image will turn blue, a smaller copy of the image will follow the cursor, and the cursor changes to cursor+hand.)
Repeatedly click/drag the picture while scrolling the mouse wheel.
If this doesn't work for 3-4 tries, click on the image to go to the next page and try again.

When the bug triggers, several things happen.
The cursor freezes in cursor+hand mode (sometimes in cursor + plus mode), and mouse clicks stop registering. I can't click, right click, or scroll whell on anything at all.
Mouseovers still seem to half-work. Mousing over the clock on the toolbar shows a date tooltip, but the clock itself doesn't highlight.
Keyboard also half-works. I am unable to use alt+tab to switch to new applications.
I am able to hit F11 and fullscreen toggle epiphany while this is happening.
I can alt+F2 to run new applications and windows. I can use my hotkey to open up terminal, etc.
Opening up new applications switches focus to it. I can't switch back to any previously opened applications though.
To recover, I open up terminal and do $pkill epiphany

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iroli (roland-lezuo) wrote :

[bump]
still there in 10.04 beta, triggered quite regulary on this site: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-windows-7-hvm-virtual-machine-on-xen.html

Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in epiphany-browser (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
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Jouni Mettala (jouni-mettala) wrote :

These bugs are related

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32840
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=569143

maybe this too:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494999

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in epiphany-browser:
status: Unknown → New
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Jouni Mettala (jouni-mettala) wrote :

This bug is fixed in Maverick. It was fixed by webkit update from Lucid to Maverick. Upstream bug has also Debian versions of webkit.

affects: epiphany-browser (Ubuntu) → webkit (Ubuntu)
Changed in webkit (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in epiphany-browser:
status: New → Invalid
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in epiphany-browser:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Invalid → Unknown
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