Mouse trapped in second display

Hi -
I have my xorg.conf set up to display on my TV as well, this has worked fine until last upgrade.
Now, if I move mouse over to the tv screen I can't get it back! It works fine on the tv but I can't do anything on my laptop screen.
I know there has been some problems with new xorg, but I haven't found this issue yet on forum.
Here is my xorg.conf in case that is causing the problem:
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
# This loads the font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
# Load "dri"
# Load synaptic touchpad module
Load "synaptics"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
# Identifier "Touchpad"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
# Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.30"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.45"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0020"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
# Mouse wheel mapping. Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons 4 & 5,
# horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7. Change if your mouse has more than
# 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids to avoid
# conflicts.
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DFP"
HorizSync 49.68
VertRefresh 60
# Modeline "1280x800_60.00" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -Hsync +Vsync
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TV"
HorizSync 30-50
VertRefresh 60
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia7300"
Driver "nvidia"
VideoRam 131072
# Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = aspect-scaled"
Option "CursorShadow" "true"
Screen 0
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP,TV"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP,TV"
#Option "TwinView"
#Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1152x864,1024x768;"
#Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
#Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
#Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia7300tvout"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "TVOverScan" "0.17"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP,TV"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP,TV"
Screen 1
VideoRam 131072
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "MonitorLaptop"
Device "nvidia7300"
Monitor "DFP"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "TVout"
Device "nvidia7300tvout"
Monitor "TV"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "MonitorTV"
Screen 0 "MonitorLaptop"
Screen 1 "TVout" RightOf "MonitorLaptop"
InputDevice "Touchpad" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
# Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
# EndSection
or here
thanks!

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