thanx everyone for your comments this problem is very intermittent - hasn't happened yet today and i haven't been able to nail down if any particular event triggers it
this is a Genius Wheel Mouse supplied with a new desktop system from everythinglinux - i haven't yet tried swapping in another mouse certainly the tip on restarting X sounds a bit less painful than a reboot, tho yet to try it when it happens its very annoying, I will keep an eye on it thanx again Warren Mobey -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
