From Aivils.Stoss at unibanka.lv Mon Sep 1 03:29:04 2003 From: Aivils.Stoss at unibanka.lv (Aivils Stoss) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 10:29:04 +0300 Subject: [lgfaq] mouse recovery Message-ID: >Occasionally I manage to freeze a game and am >forced to kill it from another virtual console >(e.g. for Enemy Territory I put a "kill -9" on >the et.x86 process.) > >This works fine except that generally my mouse >is no longer functional, and the cursor just sits >parked in the upper left corner. My only solution >is to kill the X server and log in again, but >I'm thinking there ought to be a more elegant >solution. > >Have had this experience under Wolfenstein and >Enemy Territory. >Can't recall if also withUT2003. i use same newbish method :) Game is UnrealTournament 4.36. "ut" allways restore mouse movement and videomode switching. Seems we need for smarter guy which creates mouse and videomode unlocker instead of "ut" Aivils Stoss From kencantwell at comcast.net Tue Sep 16 01:51:15 2003 From: kencantwell at comcast.net (Ken Cantwell) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 01:51:15 -0400 Subject: [lgfaq] mouse recovery In-Reply-To: <20030831181218.GA16595@timedoctor.org> References: <3F5230C6.1060800@comcast.net> <20030831181218.GA16595@timedoctor.org> Message-ID: <3F66A4D3.8080405@comcast.net> Hmmm, restart the game. I'm a bit embarrassed I didn't think of that. Thanks for the tip.