nvidia dual monitor seperate x server mouse cursor gets stuck
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nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: nvidia-settings
I have two monitors, Seiko 1680x1050 (main, absolute) & Dell SE198WFP (1440x900, to the right). Set to separate resolutions & x-screens. When I try and move the cursor over from Seiko to Dell, the mouse cursor gets stuck on dell & I cannot move it back to Seiko! This is the same whether or not Xinerama is enabled.
Using version 185 of the nvidia driver.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 17 20:47:46 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: nvidia-settings 180.25-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: nvidia-settings
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
tags: | added: karmic |
I have a similar issue. My laptop is an Asus N50V with a GeForce 9650M GT video card; the external monitor is a Viewsonic VX1940w (1650x1080). I'm experiencing the issue with the 195.36.15 nVidia drivers using Ubuntu 10.04 (i386).
If the display is set to "Separate X screen," my mouse cursor starts on the main (laptop) monitor and works fine there. As soon as I move it to the external monitor, it gets stuck within that monitor. Moving back toward the other one results in the cursor stopping just like if the external monitor were the only one connected.
I also use Synergy and moving the cursor from the desktop (server) to my laptop/ext. monitor setup only allows the cursor to use whichever monitor the cursor was already on. So, if the cursor was still on my laptop screen and I use the mouse from the main computer to move the cursor over to the laptop to control it, the cursor can move all around the laptop screen, but moving it to the external monitor doesn't work (but I can move it back to the desktop just fine). Similarly, if I have moved the mouse cursor to the external monitor, that is the only monitor I can interact with via the mouse.
A temporary work around is to switch the settings to TwinView, which makes the cursor work but has other limitations.