Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
I was using NetBeans to edit a file and NetBeans got into a mode where
the mouse was "stuck in select drag" mode. That is, with no mouse
buttons pressed, the greyed select region followed my mouse as if I had
started a select mouse gesture. ESC did not free it. Once this
happened, I could not interact with anything on the desktop or anything
else at all that required a left click. It was if the left click button
ceased to work.
I suspect Nautilus (as it is managing the root window) missed an event
that would free the select gesture leaving the cursor in constant drag
mode. I had to CTRL-ALT-F1 to get to a console and reboot the computer.
I could not log out.
ALT-TAB still worked. And applications that have keyboard shortcuts
still worked.
Even if the fault lies with Java or NetBeans, the nautilus should
recover from this situation using some means.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nautilus 1:2.30.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 48d893255053224631a12a7b4064254b
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
Date: Thu Apr 29 19:33:16 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406.1)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid
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nautilus no longer accept left mouse clicks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571944
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