Comment 156 for bug 41301

Had an issue very similar to what is described above.

- mouse would either stop working or become "trapped" within a certain element of a window.
- mouse would move around screen fine, but clicks would only effect wherever it was "trapped"
- alt + tab would sometimes fix problem
- occurred in Ubuntu 9.10 and persisted through upgrade to 10.4
- happened for me at EVERY login, though sometimes I could open a window or two before it began
- unplug then replug mouse in would sometimes be a temp fix, but the issue would come up again quickly

One thing I noticed that was pretty common among posts is that many people were using a Logitech mouse, I was too: Logitech MX518 USB mouse.

Switched mouse out for basic HP PS/2 mouse connected through PS/2 to USB converter and issue cleared up COMPLETELY. New mouse works fine.

Another Note, the Logitech MX518 that was giving me the issue with Ubuntu works fine with Windows XP.