Bug 344288

Summary:	New Fedora 21 x86_64 install; mouse pointer redrawn constantly produces "tails".
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	George R. Goffe <grgoffe>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	grave	CC:	cfeck, dcjessie88, rdieter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description George R. Goffe 2015-02-17 18:07:07 UTC

I have recently installed Fedora 21 x86_64 and when KDE starts the mouse pointer appears to be constantly redrawn producing an effect like the old(?) Windows setting for mouse pointers called "tails". This makes KDE VERY difficult to use.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Unknown
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Actual Results:  
see above

Expected Results:  
see above

KDE is usable but this problem makes it VERY HARD TO USE. I'm not sure "grave" is the right severity level though.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2015-02-17 20:05:30 UTC

Please report X display issues to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/

Depending on the used video driver, it might also make sense to additionally report to its developers.

Comment 2 George R. Goffe 2015-02-17 20:12:27 UTC

Christoph,

Can you give me some more info please?

How did you make the determination that it was the X server? KDE has mouse pointer config options.

How do I tell which driver is being used by my system?

Regards,

George...

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2015-02-17 20:19:56 UTC

The mouse (pointer) is controlled by the X server, not the KDE applications.

Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see which video drivers are loaded. But the X developers there know better which information is relevant.

Comment 4 George R. Goffe 2015-02-17 22:55:47 UTC

Christoph,

I will do as you suggest.

Thanks for your help,

George...

Comment 5 George R. Goffe 2015-02-18 01:33:33 UTC

Rex,

I reported this problem to bugs.kde.org who asked me to file a bug with the xorg developers.

I don't know what to do about this bug. Do you guys modify the X server or drivers?

I can post any solutions I find here if that would be something you would like.

Regards,

George...

Comment 6 Rex Dieter 2015-02-18 01:34:57 UTC

It's most likely a video driver issue, depending on your video chipset, may make sense to file against the appropriate one in the distro too @ http:/bugzilla.redhat.com

Comment 7 George R. Goffe 2015-03-25 05:33:29 UTC

Rex,

lspci | grep vga says this:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 550M] (rev a1)

Is anyone working this bug?

Thanks,

George...

Comment 8 Christoph Feck 2015-03-25 09:52:30 UTC

George, certainly not here. Depending on whether you use nvidia binary drivers or nouveau drivers, you need to ask their developers. See comment #1 and comment #3.

Comment 9 George R. Goffe 2017-04-17 00:24:27 UTC

Hi,

As far as I'm concerned this bug can be closed. I'm on Fedora 27 (rawhide) now and havve not seen the bug in years.

Thanks for your help,

George...