Multiple Flashing Mouse Pointers

[John Rose]

When I move the mouse, multiple flashing mouse pointers appear on the display. Sometimes they disappear in a few seconds and sometimes they stay for minutes or until I've moved the proper pointer to another app. This only happens when I'm using a USB SSD to boot and start Ubuntu. I presume that the bug is in xorg.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-38.43~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-38-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 24 12:16:00 2018
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Device [8086:22b1] (rev 21) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2060]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-23 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-38-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=60d11562-04a9-4e59-a472-fc95e75a2877 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/14/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: PYBSWCEL.86A.0069.2018.0314.1745
dmi.board.name: NUC5CPYB
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: H61145-404
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrPYBSWCEL.86A.0069.2018.0314.1745:bd03/14/2018:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnNUC5CPYB:rvrH61145-404:cvn:ct3:cvr:
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.3+16.04.20180221-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
xserver.bootTime: Mon Apr 23 19:05:01 2018
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2~16.04.1
xserver.video_driver: modeset

[John Rose (johnaaronrose)]

This is now Ok without my having done anything except run Software Update.

[John Rose (johnaaronrose)]

Now happening on clean install of Bionic.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner.

Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) reached end-of-standard-support on April 29, 2021.
Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) reached end-of-standard-support on May 31, 2023.

I'm setting the status of this bug to 'Incomplete' as it's not seen any activity for some time. If this is still an issue when using a currently maintained release of Ubuntu then please let us know which one(s) otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xorg-server (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]