retitle 260598 xserver-xfree86: [i740] X cursor not updated correctly tag 260598 + upstream moreinfo thanks
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 12:15:23PM +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote: > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 > > The background of the pointer on my X, using the i740 server, is not > updated when the pointer moves in steps. Nor is the pointer updated, > until it moves again. This means that when there is a step move, or an > other sudden change (the scroll wheel makes step moves in gnome-terminal, > for example. An other change is the mapping of a window under the > pointer due to interactive placement), the pointer is not redrawn until > it moves. When it does, there is a square below it which is filled with > its old background. An especially big mess can be made when dragging a > window: in that case parts of the square under the pointer are copied > over themselves. As an example I made a screen shot of an xterm, which > shows the background from a "change virtual desktop with hotkey, then > move the mouse" situation, where I used the scrollwheel to go up and down > several times, and which I dragged a little over the desktop. [...] > All problems mentioned can be "solved" by forcing a redraw, for example you > switching to and from a different virtual desktop. Having to do that all the > time is quite annoying though. Have you tried turning off the hardware cursor? The XF86Config-4 you supplied has a commented-out line to do exactly this. (Though I do note with some disappointment that upstream did not deign to provide a manpage for the i740 driver.) -- G. Branden Robinson | One man's "magic" is another man's Debian GNU/Linux | engineering. "Supernatural" is a [EMAIL PROTECTED] | null word. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Robert Heinlein
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