X events getting clogged up?

[ab1jx]

This has been on the tip of my mind for a week or more and I finally realised what I wanted to say.

Get xeyes!  This is one of the classic X applications and is exactly what you need.  You might even have it already.

I have it running but I discovered I'm not the only one with this problem.  
https://askubuntu.com/questions/230102/h...113#230113

And I can do
to set:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface locate-pointer true
to read:
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface locate-pointer

I don't see it working yet, maybe I need to reboot or something.  I normally have as little to do with Gnome as possible, this is Debian Bullseye installed using Daniel Thompson's method.  Maybe it only works if you're actually running Gnome.