Administration message cannot grab mouse

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cymbeline

Administration message cannot grab mouse

Post by cymbeline »

Help --I am lost --problem is that whenever I try to use Administration I get-- a cannot grab your mouse message.
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lagagnon

Re: Administration message cannot grab mouse

Post by lagagnon »

When you click on the Menu button look for small boxes in the top left of the menu. Remove those and see if that helps.
mick55

Re: Administration message cannot grab mouse

Post by mick55 »

Hi

This also happened to me.
This is how i fixed it.

Open a terminal[Menu->Terminal]
and run this

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gconf-editor
click on apps->mintmenu
clear pin_menu checkbox

Lagagnon's method will also work.

cheers
mick
cymbeline

Re: Administration message cannot grab mouse

Post by cymbeline »

Thanks to both problem now fixed -
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