It's still an issue. I'm on the latest Kubuntu with a Radeon, and my experience is almost exactly the same as described above. I'm using KDE PPAs (so I should have the latest KDE packages as well). Also on the latest standard kernel, etc.
On reboot, the mouse cursor is the same on both monitors. For some reason that I can't determine, moving between them sometimes triggers the cursor to split into a vertical line into about a dozen very small cursors. (Sounds just like the report here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33183 which is almost certainly the same issue). Then moving back and forth causes the cursor to become larger and completely garbled (in a square about 1 cm x 1 cm, at least twice as large as the original cursor), and after a few more times between each monitor, the cursor settles into the "chopped" cursor posted in the images by those above until reboot. Some other observations: * The cursor still "points" at the same spot, so it seems to be a purely rendering issue. * The two monitors are not the same resolution. * If I open a virtual machine on the corrupted monitor, the cursor is still corrupted inside the virtual machine window, but changes color as expected (from Kubuntu blue to Ubuntu white). * Nothing else seems to be affected visually. ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #33183 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33183 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/360724 Title: [RV515] Kubuntu: Corrupted mouse cursor after moving between screens Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: On two machines, I've experienced a corrupted cursor. The cursor image seems to be 'cut in slices' and put back in the wrong order. The corruption is not easy to reproduce. When it does happen, it seems to happen after moving of the cursor between the different monitors. Configuration of the two machines: - Both machines have a dual screen setup. - Both machines are Dell desktops with an ATI graphics card. - Machine 1 has a R500 graphics chip, machine 2 a R600 graphics chip. I've seen the corruption on Intrepid and Jaunty. The Intrepid installations were running KDE 4.2 from PPA. The Jaunty installation was at beta. The problem occurs with different drivers, both fglrx and xf86-video- ati have this problem. Restarting the X session doesn´t restore the cursor. Only a reboot seems effective. Changing the cursor theme in KDE's system settings also has no effect. I'm unable to make a screenshot of the mouse cursor. When I make a screenshot using the GIMP, and tell it to include the mouse cursor, it captures a correct mouse cursor. Attached is a photo of poor quality (blame my phone), it however shows the problem. [lspci] 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub [8086:29a0] (rev 02) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01db] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] [1002:7183] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0302] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/360724/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
