"New Login in a nested Window" and a month of aggravation...

[aluminumsulfate at earthlink.net]

> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:31:53 -0400
> From: Star <nhstar at gmail.com>
> Cc: gnhlug-discuss at gnhlug.org

> Basically, it all works fine, just not the mouse.  The mouse cursor appears
> to track but clicking any of the buttons has no effect unless I click like a
> bug-mad monkey.  If I repeatedly click, eventually the xnest window will
> register a click.  The mouse and keyboard are both PS2, but plugging in the
> USB mouse shows the same symptoms.

I'd try running xev on the real X server, running it on the nested
server, and try comparing the results.  I'd also check bugzilla (or
whatever) for your X release's Xnest bugs.  Xnest tends to be one of
the buggier X apps-I've never seen Xnest work perfectly!