Re: Mouse freezes after X logout - why?
On Fre, 2002-11-22 at 21:10, William Crowshaw wrote:
> Just upgraded to woody (PowerMac 7500 using kernel
> 2.2.20). Every time -- and I mean every time -- I
> logout of an X session (regardless of which wm I'm
> using) and am thrown back to gdm, my mouse freezes up.
> The keyboard works, but I loose the mouse entirely in
> gdm and when I log back in. I have to
> /etc/init.d/./gdm stop and start again to get my mouse
> back.
I'm afraid I can't offer a solution, but maybe a better workaround: does
killing the X server with ctrl-alt-backspace also restore the mouse? If
so, you can set up gdm to always restart the X server.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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