1002:6798 [fglrx] VT cursor is visible and blinking on top of Unity Radeon HD 7970 and 5450
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Unity |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
A black cursor is blinking on top of the screen.
It is not as regular as a true shell prompt (because of glitches), but I'm sure this is the cursor of the underlying TTY.
If I try to switch to any other TTY, the focus remains on the desktop (eg. I can still click and type in Firefox) but the black cursor does move as I type.
For example, I just switched to TTY 1 and was able to log-in (I see it because of the cursor position on the screen), while my username and my password were also written in the text-box where I'm writing this bug report.
This bug is really odd and annoying.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue Oct 16 13:34:59 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
fglrx-updates, 9.000, 3.5.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970] [1002:6798] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:2780]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20121004)
MachineType: MSI MS-7752
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/04/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V2.6
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: MS-7752
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu2
version.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
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summary: |
- Blinking black "cursor" on the desktop with fglrx + [fglrx] VT cursor is visible and blinking on top of Unity |
summary: |
- [fglrx] VT cursor is visible and blinking on top of Unity + 1002:6798 [fglrx] VT cursor is visible and blinking on top of Unity + Radeon HD 7970 |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
I should add that there is a bit of randomness in this bug.
After a reboot, sometime it is gone, sometime it is back.