I turned off all the firefox extensions and that seems to have taken care of it.
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Henry Nee <571...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > I have been using 10.04LTS on two machines, and just installed it again > on a Toshiba Satellite L305-S5918 for someone else. I am experiencing a > similar problem where the mouse cannot click on things. Upon restart, > things go back to normal. I tried using Microsoft wireless 5000 mouse, > Microsoft IntelliMouse, and the touchpad on the laptop with the same > result. > > What happens is that the pointing device, (anyone of the above,) would > lost its ability to get focus on an object. However, I can still "tab" > my way around and use keyboard to execute "clicks". > > I was able to finally find some additional info that may be helpful. > When it fails, I can do Alt-F4 to close the application and get back to > desktop, and at that point, I will re-gain control of mouse to launch > another application. I then launch Sudoku, a game that comes with > standard install, and found the following issue. > > When I click on a square for the first time, it will get focus. I I move > to another square and click, my focus will not move, but rather, the > original square will get the click and gets into the number selection > screen. If I do Alt-F1 to get out of the selection screen, I can move to > another square using keyboard, and move the focus there, but not with > the mouse click. > > Now, what may be most significant find is that when the focus is moved > to a second square using keyboard cursors, and I click on the mouse > anywhere on screen, the click is sent to the original square, and opens > up the selection screen for that square, not the new square. > > On all the machines that I have 10.04LTS installed, only this one is > intel based. All others have AMD solution. Another observation is that > when my initial installation is completed, and the CD ejected, the > screen keeps saying there is an error. I found that it should not be a > concern with on line installation document, but just some more > information to share. > > Also, when it happens, I noticed that screen saver seems to be locked > into the background. As soon as I close the focus grabbing app with > AltF4, the login screen will appear. I don't think screen saver is the > cause of the problem, as I have disabled it and the same problem still > occurs. > > Another observation. On the working machine, under System-Preference- > Mouse, I have only two tabs, General, and Accessibility. On the > offending one, I have three tabs, General, Accessibility, and Touchpad. > I don't know why there is a Touchpad tab on the offending machine, as > both machines have Touchpad on them. > > I hope this could be helpful. Good hunting! > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571534 > > Title: > Lucid - Mouse stops working after shortly after login > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571534 Title: Lucid - Mouse stops working after shortly after login -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs