Ardesia not returning mouse functions

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Once I start the program
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expected to be able to select what I want from the menu and anytime I roll 
over the menu to have the mouse pointer back to choose another option

Instead, the minute the program starts I immediately have a pen already chosen 
and it draws on the desktop but I can't choose anything on the menu when I roll 
over the menu. I am also unable to quit the program and have had to log out 
instead using the keyboard ctl+alt+del

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Ubuntu 12.04 - Precise Pangolin 
ardesia_1.1-1_i386.deb

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by safiyyah...@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2012 at 1:44

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Please add info about the desktop environment and window manager also.
Remember that only the 1.1 is compliant with gnome, mate and similars!

Original comment by pilolli....@gmail.com on 14 Jan 2013 at 5:04

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Are you talking about the Ardesia menu or the desktop environment menu alias 
panel.
If you are talking about the panel it is normal; in order to access to the 
desktop with mouse you must press the mouse tool on the Ardesia toolbar.

Original comment by pilolli....@gmail.com on 14 Jan 2013 at 5:09

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I have the same problem. Even when I managed to use Alt+Tab to return focus to 
another application and was able to access the Ardesia Info popup from the 
menu, I could not close that. I had to force shutdown of  my computer and 
restart it. 

Removal seems to be the only option. 
(Linux Mint 14 with Mate)

Original comment by rpic...@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2013 at 5:39

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I have the same problem on the same dist Ubuntu 12.04. It unfortunately did 
never worked as expected. On image attached you can see that the drawing tool 
is selected always and I am not able to click on any icon of ardesia righ 
toolbar. If I press alt I am able to hover over icon and see its change in 
focus but the icons does not work, when I click it simply starts drawing.

I found a way to stop ardesia when I start it from console window I can get 
focus back to terminal and by pressing crtl+c I force to stop it.

The reason for the troubles might be the unity or unity-2d I am using but I 
have to switch to confirm that.

I really want to have it working. I loved the screen cast with shape detection.

Please help us.

Original comment by petr1mor...@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2013 at 8:32

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I have the same problem. I can't change the tool from ardesia menu.

I am using Debian wheezy with gnome 3.4

Original comment by Miguel.P...@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2013 at 8:47

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I have made another check and it worked on Ubuntu 12.04, I tried xfce as WM but 
it lack support for "composite" then I switched back to Unity (3D) and it 
suddenly started to work.

I just have to dig more into what actually might be the problem. And retest it 
on the other installation of Ubuntu 12.04.

Original comment by petr1mor...@gmail.com on 3 Feb 2013 at 11:56

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Please be sure that you are using Ardesia 1.1. Ardesia 1.1 on Ubuntu with Gnome 
and Unity.

Original comment by al...@paranoici.org on 3 Feb 2013 at 12:39

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@rpichie Could be that exists a bug that restack the windows badly when is done 
the ALT TAB shortcut. Anyway Ardesia is done to stay above all windows, if you 
want change the focus you might press the mouse Ardesia tool and select the 
desired application.

Original comment by al...@paranoici.org on 3 Feb 2013 at 12:44

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@petr1moravek The xfce WM does not lack the composite manager functions. In 
order to use Ardesia with xfce you must enable the Xfwm Compositor.

Original comment by al...@paranoici.org on 3 Feb 2013 at 12:48

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Update: 

For the record am using ubuntu 12.04 with gnome 3 desktop. I tried it on unity 
as a guest session and it worked. So the issue is the gnome desktop. I would 
have thought that was supported b

Original comment by safiyyah...@gmail.com on 20 Feb 2013 at 2:35

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Ubuntu 12.10. Unity.

Just upgraded from Ardesia 1.0 (ubuntu package) to Ardesia 1.1 downloaded from 
ardesia website (64 bit, deb package).

It worked for a few minutes. Then, I clicked in something (don't remember 
exactly what) and now I cannot click in Ardesia taskbar again. Not even killing 
the program and restarting it. I mean: when Ardesia is started I can click the 
taskbar. Once I begin drawing with any tool, I cannot click Ardesia taskbar 
again. Have to kill the program from Unity task bar.

Please fix this bug, Ardesia is so cool.

Otherwise I'll revert to version 1.0 distributed with Ubuntu.

Original comment by roger.kr...@gmail.com on 20 Feb 2013 at 7:36

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I have the same problem under Windows 7, Ardesia 1.0

Original comment by labvoltp...@gmail.com on 30 May 2013 at 2:47

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OK, I found the issue.  It works until I go over half the toolbar width, at 
which point it tries to extend the toolbar, which freezes it completely.  My 
only option is then to kill it (I'm lucky ctrl-q works) and relaunch it.  Also, 
are there any keyboard shortcuts, as I'd like to toggle between mouse mode and 
pen mode quickly live.  Thanks!

Original comment by labvoltp...@gmail.com on 30 May 2013 at 5:55

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Still a major bug that prevents me from using it though!

Original comment by labvoltp...@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2013 at 1:25

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Ubuntu 12.10. Unity

Had the same problem discussed above. But discovered the solution, at least for 
now for me. I set the unity launcher to auto hide, which now allows me to click 
to different colors, for instance -- but not the dot for line thickness. Here, 
would need to set 1st if not desire the default setting.

Original comment by abe_a...@yahoo.com on 29 Aug 2013 at 10:55

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I found the same problem in Ubuntu 13.04:
Linux ubuntu 3.8.0-31-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 10 20:03:44 UTC 2013 
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ii  ardesia                                   1.1-1                             
     amd64        free digital sketchpad software

I try the solution of the last post, didn't work for me. Any idea? Thanks.

Original comment by rali...@gmail.com on 29 Sep 2013 at 5:16

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Try running with:

$ ardesia -g south -d -t 50

It worked for me in Ubuntu 13.04. 

Original comment by jaimecohen@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2013 at 8:39

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Same problem, but not working for me in Ubuntu 13.10. Please help..

Original comment by frankpe...@gmail.com on 4 Mar 2014 at 10:24

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the issue is still there with ubuntu 14.10

the workaround suggested by jaimecohen@gmail.com is working but the issue is 
really annoying

ardesia -g south -d -t 50

Original comment by a.zorze...@gmail.com on 27 Feb 2015 at 10:52

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El problema sigue en Ubuntu 14.04, no funciona después de dar clic en una 
herramienta.

Original comment by miguelur...@gmail.com on 8 Mar 2015 at 8:15

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the issue is also with ubuntu 14.04

ardesia -g south -d -t 50

this works but it will be a favor if bug is rectified out of the box..

Original comment by Anupinde...@anupinder.com on 14 Mar 2015 at 10:39

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same problem in windows 7,  open ardesian all good,  >open any programa > mouse 
click don´t works  :-(

Original comment by cipoll...@gmail.com on 7 Apr 2015 at 11:45

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In Ubuntu 14.04 this is a issue as stated above. Seems like the drawing layer 
lies on top of the menu. The only thing that is above the layer is the Unity 
menu on the left. I also noticed that if you right click on the Ardesia icon on 
the Unity menu and click on 'ardesia', then the Ardesia menu will go on top of 
the layer and you can click on the drawing menu.

This is a problem that should be fixed. The drawing menu should always be 
available.

Original comment by lars.k.m...@gmail.com on 5 May 2015 at 8:55

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The "transparent" window/canvas places over the toolbar. It is possible to drag 
it by presing "ALT", as when moving other windows. If dragged to the left, the 
toolbar can be clicked again.  

Original comment by ink...@gmail.com on 15 May 2015 at 9:40

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Still an issue 2015, using Pinguyos (gnome)

Original comment by spammeac...@rogers.com on 16 Jun 2015 at 3:57

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sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/ardesia.desktop

Change:
Exec=ardesia
To:
Exec=ardesia -g south -d -t 50

Original comment by marco....@gmail.com on 8 Jul 2015 at 10:14

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Thanks, Marco. That worked for me. If the developers can modify the application 
to install the modified configuration file by default, that would fix the bug.

Original comment by bretcohe...@gmail.com on 21 Aug 2015 at 10:07