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Gimp doesn't respond to mouse in image area, at all

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Gimp doesn't respond to mouse in image area, at all Dan Gerhards 24 Jan 05:43
Dan Gerhards
2007-01-24 05:43:54 UTC (almost 18 years ago)

Gimp doesn't respond to mouse in image area, at all

I found this message in the archive, and joined the list. I have the same problem exactly: my tablet works, but the mouse is ignored when it's on the canvas area (only).

I found a workaround: In Preferences-->Input Devices, reset settings to defaults. Restart GIMP like it tells you to. Then, in the same place, configure the extended devices again (In my case, set Mouse[3], [5], and [7] from "Disabled" to "Screen".) That fixes it for a while, but not permanently.

I will file a bug report if I can figure out what makes it break, too.

Gimp 2.2.13, Linux kernel 2.6.18, Xorg 7.2 RC2, 64 bit openSUSE 10.2, Wacom Graphire 3 tablet

---Dan

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:23:55 -0800

Hello. Some time ago, the Gimp stopped responding to my mouse in the image window. In other windows and on menus the mouse works fine (ie I can select brushes and such and use the interface without problems), but in the image window (or more precicely, the canvas area) it's as if the mouse doesn't even exist. All kinds of clicks are ignored, the rulers doesn't show the position of the cursor, and the position in the lower left also isn't updated (it is set once upon entering the window, but after that it's dead). My tablet still works fine, but not being able to use the mouse for anything is somewhat annoying.

This originally happened out of the blue one day while using Gimp 2.2.11 (I unfortunately have no idea what caused this to happen). I tried upgrading to 2.2.12 and then 2.3.13, without success. I also deleted the ~/.gimp* directory in the hope that regenerating the config would fix the problem, but no. No matter what I do, I can't make the Gimp recognize the mouse in the image window. The mouse isn't anything special, and it used to work with the exact same X config I've got now. I haven't changed the xorg.conf file in several months. The Gimp is the only application with this problem.

This is on a dual-core amd64 processor in 64-bit mode (haven't tried 32-bit), Linux kernel 2.6.18, Xorg 7.1.

Does anyone know what might be causing this, and how to fix it ?

Thanks,
~ Gerry