My trackpad is stuck (Ubuntu 12.04). I think Chromium may have messed it up. When I tried to killall chromium-browser to release the pointer it only half-killed the browser (only killing the tabs; I had to killall chromium-browser again to get the windows to close).
The fixes of synaptiks and VT switching did not work for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991707 Title: Touchpad pointer gets stuck often Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: In my Ubuntu 12.04, my mouse pointer gets stuck often. I'm talking about the touchpad and not the external mouse. The first thought would be to check whether we have given the option to lock the touchpad while typing. But, my pointer (touchpad) gets stuck simply often. The slightest of deductions I have been able to make is that this happens sometimes just after using the touchpad scrolling. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.4.1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Apr 30 12:07:34 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/991707/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp