On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote:
> this used to be merely annoying, but now it's eating text as I write it
> (i hadn't been doing much editing before).  Anywhere from one to four
> lines up from the present cursor position (ie, to the left of the cursor
> on the present line, to directly above it).  This highlights, and, in an
> editor, almost anything, including left-button, deletes it.  
> 
> My hands are nowhere near the mouse when this happens.  It seems to
> happen (sometimes) with space.  My left hand is up to high to make
> contact, although there is a possiblity that i'm brushing command, option,
> (jut happened, *)&(^(*, though i was in emacs, noot lyx, so it went up a
> few lines instead--emacs defies regular text selection) or possibly even
> control.  But try as i may, i can't reproduce it.
> 
> The mouse is a kensignton turbomouse, and there's an apple mouse
> connected too.
> 
> does anyone have any clue what this is?

One thing you might want to rule out is insure no one is screwing
with your X session.  Which systems have access to your display?
If you use "xhost" to grant/deny access, typing xhost on its own
will list the system which are allowed to connect.

You can also see who is attached to your display via the netstat
command:

	netstat -an | grep 6000

If you have granted xhost access to other hosts, any user on the remote
host can control your display.

If this is indeed the case, consider using the Xauthority mechanism,
or just port & install ssh -- http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh

Good luck,

James

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