is gpm running? do you see any gpm messages in /var/log/messages? do you see any wierd messages on the console that you started X from? pete On Thu 14 Dec 00, 11:22 AM, William Heindl said... > > I tried this on debian-laptop and got no response, so I'm trying > here.... > > > I have a problem with the focus of my mouse. Intermittently (maybe > 10% of the time), the mouse focus fails to change to the new window > I'm pointing at. So, I aim at a new window, but my keystrokes come > up in the last window I was typing in. Sometimes it even seems like > I'm trying to type on the desktop, as I get a warning beep at every > keystroke. Oddly, when this is happening I can still paste the mouse > buffer into the desired window. > > This problem started a while back, but unfortunately I'm not sure what > I changed. > > I'm running kernel 2.2.14 on an IBM 560Z Thinkpad. I recently updated > to xfree86 3.3.6-11potato, but this didn't fix things. Also, I run > olvwm, but I tried other window managers and that didn't help. And, > I am setup for input area select by pointing and not clicking. > > Any ideas? This is driving me crazy! > > Thanks in advance, > > Biff > > > > -- > Dr. William A. Heindl > CASS/UCSD-0424 email: biff@ucsd.edu > 9500 Gilman Dr. phone: (858)534-8016 fax: (858)534-2294 > La Jolla, CA 92093 www: http://mamacass.ucsd.edu:8080/people/wheindl.html > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- __________________________________________________________________________ Just upgraded to Woody? Don't have permission to run X? In Xwrapper.config Change allowed_users from root to console. ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux To err is human, to forgive is divine. p@belial.ucdavis.edu - To oink is porcine, to meow is feline. http://www.dirac.org/p ._. To neigh is equine to howl is lupine, /v\ To moo is bovine to bleat is ovine. // \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ^^ ^^ GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D rules
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