[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1490684] Re: Mouse cursor duplicated in dual screen setup

2015-12-05 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for xorg (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1490684

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1490684] Re: Mouse cursor duplicated in dual screen setup

2015-10-06 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Eric Layton, as is advised in the article, one updates both the xorg and linux stack together. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1490684] Re: Mouse cursor duplicated in dual screen setup

2015-10-06 Thread Eric Layton
Is there a step you can suggest that doesn't involving upgrading the kernel? My problem didn't occur when running 14.04 previously (before reinstalling), so I find it hard to believe it's a kernel issue. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug noti

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1490684] Re: Mouse cursor duplicated in dual screen setup

2015-09-24 Thread Eric Layton
This seems like a pretty radical departure from my current installation, which I'm hesitant to try. I can't arbitrarily hose this machine. What guarantees do I have this will result in a working machine? Can you provide rollback steps in case it doesn't boot or X doesn't start? -- You received

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1490684] Re: Mouse cursor duplicated in dual screen setup

2015-09-23 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Eric Layton, if you upgrade to the Vivid enablement stack as outlined in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack is this reproducible? ** Tags removed: bios-outdated-1402 ** Tags added: latest-bios-1402 ** Tags added: regression-release ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Low =

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1490684] Re: Mouse cursor duplicated in dual screen setup

2015-09-23 Thread Eric Layton
Nevermind, it's not really any more or less frequent after the BIOS upgrade. One further thing I've observed is that the cursor duplication IS more frequent if I have open windows near the edges of the screens where the transfer is taking place. If it's just the desktop, then the cursor gets stu

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1490684] Re: Mouse cursor duplicated in dual screen setup

2015-09-23 Thread Eric Layton
Thanks for the response, and very clear instructions on how to upgrade the BIOS under Linux. It's much appreciated. I upgraded the BIOS: $ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date 1402 08/09/2012 The problem of a duplicate cursor getting stuck on the previous screen

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1490684] Re: Mouse cursor duplicated in dual screen setup

2015-09-19 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Eric Layton, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_X58/HelpDesk_Download/ an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (1402). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate