mouse cursor disappears when stationary

[Andrew Simpson]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg

I upgraded from Intrepid to Jaunty on a machine with an ATI card. As per the warnings, I have changed my xorg.conf file to use the 'ati' driver instead of 'fglrx' I was previously using. The bug is also present when using the 'vesa' driver.

In gnome (any application), the mouse cursor now vanishes after about 2 seconds of being idle, much as it normally would when using a full-screen video application. In some applications, for example where mouse-over text is important, this is extremely frustrating, since the text disappears with the cursor.

I'm aware this may be a setting somewhere, but nobody on the forums could help with where. Even if so, it is unexpected behaviour.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi adpsimpson-gmail,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (and maybe Xorg.0.log.old) file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

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[Andrew Simpson (adpsimpson-gmail)]

Output of lspci -vvnn attached

[Andrew Simpson (adpsimpson-gmail)]

/var/log/Xorg.0.log attached

[Andrew Simpson (adpsimpson-gmail)]

/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old attached

[Andrew Simpson (adpsimpson-gmail)]

/etc/X11/xorg.conf attached. The only changes made since upgrading to 9.04 were attempts to get a working video driver without this issue - hence fglrx and ati are on commented out lines.

I may have made other changes before I upgraded, but this issue was not present before upgrade.

If you need anything else I'd be happy to help.

[Sergey Chistovich (theigel)]

Same problem. Intel 945.

A few details: it happens when cursor is over a regular area like a browser window or a gnome panel, but doesn't happen when it is over a drop-down menu, be it gnome main menu or an application-specific one. When over a menu item, it doesn't disappear, but the pop-up text, if any, blinks every 2 sec or so (probably the same interval is for disappearing); the cursor itself doesn't seem to blink.

If needed, I can send xorg.conf or whatever.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

[This is an automatic notification.]

A new version of the -ati driver is now available in Karmic.

This is a significant update to -ati which brings in kernel mode-setting
(currently disabled) and scores of fixes for DRI2, EXA, etc.

I've posted the new version of this driver to the following PPA,
would you mind testing it and seeing if it resolves the bug you
reported?

  https://edge.launchpad.net/~bryceharrington/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/709908/+listing-archive-extra

If you're not running this release of Ubuntu, you can try booting the Karmic
LiveCD and loading the PPA onto it, and then log out/in to restart X.
ISOs are available at http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/releases/

After testing Karmic, report back here whether it's still an issue or not,
and if it is please post a fresh Xorg.0.log and 'dmesg' output.

Note there could be new bugs... please file these as new reports using
the command 'ubuntu-bug xorg'.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[John Doe (jodo-deactivatedaccount)]

Reopening for Maverick. I have the exactly same behavior as described in #6. Mousepointer disappears after exactly two seconds after moving. When moving again it reappears.

[John Doe (jodo-deactivatedaccount)]

The Reason for this on Maverick is the package "unclutter". I never noticed this tool in Lucid, so I guess it's new. I didn't find a way to disable it, so I pruged it. Maybe the default behavior should be changed.

[John Doe (jodo-deactivatedaccount)]

Should I file a new report?