** Summary changed: - Selecting and dragging text freezes the X session + Selecting and dragging text freezes the mouse pointer
** Description changed: I am guessing that this is a bug in python-webkit, as I can reproduce the same symptoms in both Gwibber & Liferea. I have this habit of selecting text while I am reading something on the - screen. Unfortunately, when I do this in both gwibber and liferea, my X - session hangs really easily. + screen. Unfortunately, when I do this in both gwibber and liferea, the + mouse pointer hangs really easily. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open gwibber or liferea. 2. While you're reading a post, select the text you're reading and drag it - 3. After a while, the pointer will be frozen. + 3. After a while, the pointer will be frozen. 4. You will need to move to a different xterm to kill the application Note: this is less painful to reproduce in gwibber, as in liferea any attempt that didn't freeze the application will create a new subscription. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Sep 28 09:08:33 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: python-webkit 1.1.5-1 ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_NZ.UTF-8 - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_NZ.UTF-8 + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.35-generic SourcePackage: pywebkitgtk Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686 -- Selecting and dragging text freezes the mouse pointer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
