Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp doesn't respond to mouse in image area, at all

[Jehan Pagès <jehan marmottard gmail com>]

Hi,

could you go in Edit > Input Devices. You should see a device
representing your mouse (here that's called TPPS/2 IBM Trackpoint but
probably the name can be else), or your touchpad if a laptop. Make
sure the mode is "disabled", and not "screen". If on "screen", it may
explain why your mouse won't work for drawing. Tell us how it went.
:-)

Jehan

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 5:06 AM, ArRaf <forums gimpusers com> wrote:
> > 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
>
> I have the same problem, can anyone help? If there are bug fixes, please can
> anyone give me the link?
>
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