New xorg and fvwm2 have mouse issues

[Paul B. Mahol]

On 2/22/09, Kevin Oberman <oberman at es.net> wrote:
> This may be similar to other reported problems with mouse HAL, and Xorg
> inter-operation, but it seems different enough that I thought I'd report
> it in hopes that someone else has seen it.
>
> The problem occurs when doing a cut and paste. The selection works fine,
> but, when the mouse is moved to a new window to paste, the mouse locks
> up. If the process owning the cut window is killed, the mouse returns to
> normal operation.
>
> I have only seen this a co-worker's system. It is running DBUS, HAL, and
> has "AllowEmptyInput" "off". The only thing different from other systems
> is that it is not running metacity and Gnome. It is running fvwm2. It
> appears that something fvwm2 does with X in the cut and paste operation
> is hanging.
>
> Any ideas of what to look at and how to approach debugging it. It amy be
> that the problem is in fvwm2. I know that Tk required an update to work
> properly with the new Xorg.

It is highly unlikely to be fvwm2 problem. Did you tested with other wm?
Does it happen with any application?

-- 
Paul