> > When did this problem appear? >From the point of installation onwards.
> Did you upgrade something as this time? I upgrade fairly regularly but the problem has persisted. > > Could the problem be related to switching to a VT console and then back > to X? Definitely not. I happens constantly when in X. > Or related to some applications? Not that I can tell. There is no discernable association of the problem with any applications. I do run KDE, if you think there might be some issue with it. > > Could you send the output of > /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script 3>&1 see attached > so that we see your config and log (reportbug should have included this > output automatically in your first report). because I use a mailer which requires SSL and authentication, I cannot configure reportbug to send. I just sent the report with mutt. thanks for responding so rapidly.