And yes... unplugging and plugging back in the keyboard seems to work. Before the only way I could do it was by going to gnome-do and typing "logout" and logging back in again.
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon I have a USB Microsoft Media Keyboard with Mediakeys and a wireless Logitech Revolution MX attached to my Dell StudioXPS 1640 Laptop. Every time I press a mediakey on the external keyboard, the left mouse click doesn't work on neither the external mouse nor the internal touchpad. Right mouse click does work fine. If I press any mediakeys on the laptop itself, everything is working fine. The only way to get the mouse working again is to pull the keyboard for a second and reattach it. The next left mouse click is not recognized then, but all following are recognized again. I've worked through https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hotkeys/Troubleshooting, but had to skip the "sed"-filter on xev to get any results at all. Here is the abbrived output: [...] >>>> Pressed LAPTOP "volume up"-hotkey <<<< MappingNotify event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x0, - request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248 + request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248 FocusOut event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001, - mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor + mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor FocusIn event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001, - mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor + mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor KeymapNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x0, - keys: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + keys: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >>>> Pressed KEYBOARD "volume up"-hotkey <<<< FocusOut event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001, - mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor + mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor VisibilityNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001, - state VisibilityFullyObscured + state VisibilityFullyObscured FocusOut event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x6c00001, - mode NotifyWhileGrabbed, detail NotifyNonlinear + mode NotifyWhileGrabbed, detail NotifyNonlinear MappingNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x0, - request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248 + request MappingKeyboard, first_keycode 8, count 248 [...] My global hotkeys are mapped to the according XF86-Keys (e.g. "Volume Up" => XF86AudioRaiseVolume). This is a regression from Ubuntu Lucid, where everything worked fine. I have this faulty behavior since Maverick alpha-3 or -4. Any Ideas how to tackle this? ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - External mediakeys block mouse input + External mediakeys Block Left Mouse button input on Some Microsoft Keyboards -- External mediakeys Block Left Mouse button input on Some Microsoft Keyboards https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675165 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs