The solution until this is solved is to use something other than gnome
shell as far as I know.  Mint Cinnamon and Elementary are both popular
alternatives.

On Sun, Feb 10, 2019, 1:29 PM Adrian <<email address hidden> wrote:

> I am facing the same issue in Ubuntu 18.10. The super key randomly stops
> working and I loose control of all windows except for the active window,
> which in some cases also stops working and cannot even do clicks there.
> The workaround I found is to close all windows, lock the screen and the
> problem solves for 5-10 min or so. But this is clearly impractical and I
> can't really go on like this any further. I re-installed the OS but it
> didn't solve the issue. I have a Lenovo T430s if that helps. Does anyone
> found a solution to this yet? I'd appreciate it very much!
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1181666
>
> Title:
>   gnome-shell randomly blocks mouse clicks from working in app windows
>
> Status in GNOME Shell:
>   Confirmed
> Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
>   Confirmed
> Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in mutter package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   Under GNOME 3, the use of the mouse-click stops occasionally, though I
>   can still move the mouse around and can still click on items in the
>   Activities screen and the top-bar.
>
>   I can use alt-tab to cycle windows and can still type into already-
>   active textboxes in windows, but I cannot click within the windows,
>   and the mouse is not picked up at all by the windows.
>
>   I can open the alt-f2 "run command" dialogue, but cannot type into it.
>
>   The workaround I'm using is to open terminal (ctrl-alt-T) and run
>   "gnome-shell -r", and restarting that command every time I have the
>   problem again.
>
>   Please ask if there's anything I forgot to mention.
>
>   ADDITIONAL: The error tends to happen randomly, but it seems to happen
>   upon opening a new window, changing windows, closing windows, or
>   opening the activities pane (whether a change of window is thus
>   instigated or not)
>
>   ADDITIONAL 2: (sorry, it's early) The other workaround is to log out
>   and to log in again, but that is also less than ideal
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
>   Package: gnome-shell 3.6.3.1-0ubuntu6
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11
>   Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
>   Architecture: amd64
>   Date: Sun May 19 07:02:18 2013
>   DisplayManager: gdm
>   GsettingsChanges:
>    b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-date' b'true'
>    b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-seconds' b'true'
>    b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'document-font-name' b"'Sans 10'"
>    b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'font-name' b"'Cantarell 10'"
>    b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'monospace-font-name' b"'Ubuntu Mono
> 12'"
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-04 (14 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64
> (20130424)
>   MarkForUpload: True
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   SourcePackage: gnome-shell
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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