Comment 4 for bug 893538

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Xavier Boudet (x-boudet) wrote : Re: [Bug 893538] Re: Poor graphics with 2011.11 lt-panda hwpack

When this was implemented, it was decided to enable it by default.
You can use SW cursor by enabling it
into /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-pvr.conf.panda as you explained:
        Option "SWCursor" "true"

We shall change this default value in future releases.

*Xavier*

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Ricardo Salveti <email address hidden>wrote:

> The flickering is normal, because of the lack of proper HW cursor.
>
> When testing I also noticed that the Semi-HW cursor makes things worse
> with Compiz, so if you force "SWcursor" to "true" you'll see that the
> pointer will behave better, at least it'll always show one single
> pointer and not two.
>
> Xavier, do you know why Semi-HW cursor is enabled by default at the
> current pvr_drv?
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Poor graphics with 2011.11 lt-panda hwpack
> + Poor graphics with Compiz and Unity 3D
>
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> Title:
> Poor graphics with Compiz and Unity 3D
>
> Status in Linaro Ubuntu Evaluation Builds:
> Confirmed
> Status in Ubuntu OMAP4 graphics addons:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Mouse movement is sluggish. Getting poor screen graphics, see attached
> screenshot.
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