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Ubuntu (in VMWare Fusion virtual machine) loses use of the mouse with a text document symbol clutched in the pointer

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not it:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=595463

Same-sounding problem with RapidSVN
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rapidsvn/+bug/402892

not it either:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/3294

Maybe it is a VMWare Fusion problem.

[then it suddenly went away so i stopped researching]

Did not go away next time (this is months later that it happened again, Ubuntu and everything had been running a long time if that means anything) and had to restart. Without ability to switch to other workspaces to close things there because no working mouse. Damn.

Workaround

Seems i can fix this by dragging a text document into the VM from the host OS.

Comments

Thanks for the workaround

Thanks for the workaround tip, this was driving me nuts.

Workaround worked brilliantly

Thanks!

work around bam

my mouse was showing a drag file icon and the keyboard keys were not responding, this fixed it!

thanks man! you rock

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