Running "xdotool key XF86Ungrab" fixes the problem, as explained at http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/40472
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1012257 Title: Firefox 13 takes control over the mouse pointer when bookmarks are dragged on xubuntu 12.04 Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: This bug first appeared when i tried to drag and drop bookmarks to the new "new tab" page. it repeated when i tried to drag and drop the favicon to a bookmark folder. EDIT: You can recover the pointer by killing firefox, alt-tabing to a taskmanager, pressing alt-F2 and killall firefox or going to a tty by ctrl-alt-Fn and killing from there, you can also just alt-f4 and close the firefox instance. This bug wasnt reported properly earlier, i apologize for that. ================ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: benitez 1553 F.... xfce4-volumed benitez 1576 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: benitez 1553 F.... xfce4-volumed benitez 1576 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120601175215 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xdedf8000 irq 23' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888' Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,10ec0888,00100001' Controls : 50 Simple ctrls : 23 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'NVidia_1'/'HDA NVidia at 0xdef7c000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 1c HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de001c,ffffffff,00100100' Controls : 12 Simple ctrls : 2 Channel: release CurrentDmesg: [ 40.001591] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (924) killed by TERM signal [ 47.648022] eth0: no IPv6 routers present [ 4289.956824] warning: `VirtualBox' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use) Date: Tue Jun 12 13:52:27 2012 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) IpRoute: default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.102 metric 1 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MostRecentCrashID: bp-c9f3c425-1537-48a1-857d-1bc8c2120212 PciNetwork: Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so iTunes Application Detector - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so (rhythmbox-mozilla) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=es_AR:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=es_AR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=13.0/20120601175215 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: rhythmbox-mozilla 2.96-0ubuntu4 RfKill: RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-c9f3c425-1537-48a1-857d-1bc8c2120212 bp-eaffd98e-8174-41f8-892e-b0acb2111217 bp-5cec87b8-0406-4357-933c-f6ede2111202 bp-04ffa0f9-efa5-457a-b1e3-164162111029 bp-a34eb771-ec1a-478b-83f7-c152d2111029 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WifiSyslog: Jun 12 10:47:19 benitez kernel: [ 4289.956824] warning: `VirtualBox' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use) dmi.bios.date: 07/25/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.00 dmi.board.name: AM2NF6G-VSTA dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.00:bd07/25/2006:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvn:rnAM2NF6G-VSTA:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1012257/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
