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[Charles Pergiel <762058@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On wakeup from screen saver, mouse cursor is dead until key is pressed or mouse button is clicked.
Ubuntu Version 11, current updates, nvidia driver. Zotac ZBOX, IOgear wireless keyboard.

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Title:
  Ubuntu 11.04 Natty after gnome screensaver, can't click or focus

Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver

  Surprised if no one else has reported this, but it is an intermittent
  thing.  I've been using 11.04 throughout alpha and beta for a while
  now, and have even done a fresh install...

  Now and then, after gnome-screensaver is enabled either by locking the
  screen or automatically after the inactivity time runs out, after
  unlocking the screen and coming out of gnome-screensaver, window focus
  will act like it is stolen by an invisible program.  Clicking on
  windows will move them to the foreground, but not make them the active
  window via window title highlighting.  If I continue to alt-tab and
  click around, especially after clicking on menus, the problem will get
  worse to the point that I can't click anywhere or do anything on the
  desktop at all, even with most keyboard shortcuts.  Alt-tab no longer
  works.  Menus aren't displayed.  Windows aren't movable via alt-left-
  click-dragging.  However, I can do alt-F2 to pull up a run box, and I
  can ctrl-alt-F# out to another tty.

  While in gnome-terminal, I noticed that the cursor would only be
  selected for 5 seconds or so at a time before being inactive for 5
  seconds, rinse, repeat, making it difficult to type things.  Killing
  gnome-screensaver puts a stop to this, but does NOT fix any other
  problem with the desktop being unresponsive to most keyboard or mouse
  shortcuts.  To me, that would seem to indicate a problem with gnome-
  screensaver, and perhaps why killing the process doesn't completely
  fix it is due to some lingering X issue that gnome-screensaver caused.
  Add to that the fact this only happens after a gnome-screensaver
  unlock, and it's pretty convincing that it is the problem, though
  perhaps Compiz or whatever compositing manager could be compounding
  the issue?

  I find it hard that I'm the only one who has noticed this intermittent
  issue.  It's almost like there is a stuck key suddenly, and my
  keyboard is going bad, but I doubt it because nothing I hit or do will
  fix this problem, yet after a restart everything is fine, while a
  stuck key would immediately make the problem occur again.

  Anyone else find this bug?

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