On Sun, 8 Sep 2013, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Sun, 8 Sep 2013, Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> Sommetimes, for no apparent reason, my mouse cursor will become >> four arrows and suddenly I cannot do anything with my desktop. >> I can move the cursor and that is it. >> Clicking has no effect. >> cnrtl-alt-F6 gave me another virtual console from which I could post this. >> Other rebooting, how do I fix this? >> I'm running xfce on 6.2. > > I've tried to run another X server, but it doesn't seem to take. > Do I need to do it as root? > I've tried Xorg and X with :1 and tty2, > but nothing shows up. I've found xinit and made it run xfce for me, but the other server instance still has a stuck mouse. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "On Monday, I'm gonna have to tell my kindergarten class, whom I teach not to run with scissors, that my fiance ran me through with a broadsword." -- Lily