I would say to try 16.10 or 17.04 if you can, or upgrade the 16.04 kernel. Sad to say I was never really sure what fixed it for me, one day it was just better.
I'm not at the machine right now so I can't give you the specifics, but I doubt if any of the Windows drivers will fix it in Ubuntu. Ed Gibbs On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:50 AM maarten <1664...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > First of all I do have to mention: I do not have mouse trails, but only > a dissapearing and flickering mouse cursor! > > I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS running in a dualboot configuration with a > (preinstalled) Windows Pro with a bunch of drivers managed by Lenovo. > The Intel P530 graphics driver in windows is updated upto 21.20.16.4550. > On the Lenovo support website there is talk about a version > 21.20.16.4590, but when I click on the link they mention, it brings me > back to the 21.20.16.4550 driver instead. > > See: > > https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-P-and-W-Series-Mobile/Update-for-Intel-graphics-driver-on-P50/td-p/3597712 > > And also the mentioned link to ...4590 ... which turns about to be the > 4550 version: > http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/nl/en/downloads/ds119528 > > What am I missing? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1664397 > > Title: > Mouse trails and distorted cursor on 2nd monitor > > Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > Lenovo Thinkpad P50, Xeon, Nvidia M2000m 4GB, 16 GB RAM > > 2nd monitor (ASUS) connected via either DP or HDMI, when using Hybrid > Graphics the cursor on the second display is distorted and leaves > mouse trails that persist for several seconds. Switching to Nvidia > graphics cures but Nvidia has other problems (built in display is dim > and brightness cannot be adjusted). Interestingly, just opening > Display settings also cures the problem for as long as the Display > Setting dialog is open. Under Windows (10 Pro) Hybrid Graphics does > not exhibit this problem. > > Ubuntu release is 16.04.2 LTS. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 > Uname: Linux 4.9.0-040900-generic x86_64 > .tmp.unity_support_test.0: > > ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 > Architecture: amd64 > BootLog: /dev/nvme0n1p2: clean, 297436/7282688 files, 2849132/29101568 > blocks > 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: Mon Feb 13 18:15:25 2017 > DistUpgraded: Fresh install > DistroCodename: xenial > DistroVariant: ubuntu > DkmsStatus: > bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-62-generic, x86_64: installed > bbswitch, 0.8, 4.9.0-040900-generic, x86_64: installed > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > GraphicsCard: > NVIDIA Corporation GM107GLM [Quadro M2000M] [10de:13b0] (rev a2) > (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Lenovo GM107GLM [Quadro M2000M] [17aa:2230] > InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-07 (37 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 > (20160719) > MachineType: LENOVO 20EN001SUS > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-040900-generic > root=UUID=81b27291-6609-488b-8477-b2eb41ab17f2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 > SourcePackage: xorg > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > dmi.bios.date: 12/08/2016 > dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO > dmi.bios.version: N1EET64W (1.37 ) > dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available > dmi.board.name: 20EN001SUS > dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO > dmi.board.version: SDK0J40705 WIN > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information > dmi.chassis.type: 10 > dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO > dmi.chassis.version: None > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN1EET64W(1.37):bd12/08/2016:svnLENOVO:pn20EN001SUS:pvrThinkPadP50:rvnLENOVO:rn20EN001SUS:rvrSDK0J40705WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: > dmi.product.name: 20EN001SUS > dmi.product.version: ThinkPad P50 > dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO > version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1 > version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A > version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1~ubuntu16.04.1 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 > version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A > version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 > version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2 > version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev > 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 > version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel > 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2 > version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau > 1:1.0.12-1build2 > xserver.bootTime: Mon Feb 13 18:15:02 2017 > xserver.configfile: default > xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log > xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2 > xserver.video_driver: modeset > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1664397/+subscriptions > -- Edward Gibbs gibbs.edw...@gmail.com -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1664397 Title: Mouse trails and distorted cursor on 2nd monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1664397/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
