Just writing 'import' in a python script breaks my mouse cursor forcing a hard reset
You're not running Python! You're accidentally running this as a shell script. Run it as
python bug.py
or include the shebang line:
#!/usr/bin/env python
Currently, you seem to be running a completely unrelated program named import
, designed for screen capture.
This has just happened to me, and without this thread I would never have found the cause. I just would like to add that you can stop the 'import' program by running:
pkill -9 import
And that should fix everything.