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almandin

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Registered: 2014-02-23

Posts: 31

[Xorg-Mate] black screen flashing under mouse position

Hello,

I'm here to talk about a new problem I have since 2 days :
My screen is filled with a black rectangle from the bottom of the screen to the mouse position (if my mouse is at the bottom of the screen, nothing happens so)
It never happened before, this black screen flashes, and seems to be a software problem (not an hardware one, the screen does not do this at boot, only when starting X)

If anybody has already had this problem, I'd like to know if a fix exists !

thx a lot

EDIT::

I have changed my screen resolution for 1024x768, and restored it to 1600x900 (I'm on a laptop), the problem is fixed ... until I reboot ...

Last edited by almandin (2015-05-02 09:51:36)

jiulongw

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Registered: 2015-05-22

Posts: 1

Re: [Xorg-Mate] black screen flashing under mouse position

I have the same issue.  Brand new Arch install on 5/18/2015.  With Xfce4.  The first time I startx, the screen flashes under mouse cursor.  My temporary work around is to quit X and startx again.  But next reboot will have the same issue.

ElNick

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Registered: 2014-09-21

Posts: 1

Re: [Xorg-Mate] black screen flashing under mouse position

I have the same problem. My workaround is to add a command to windows manager init script that resets the video mode through xrandr on startup, like this:
xrandr --output LVDS-0 --off
xrandr --output LVDS-0 --mode 1280x800
E.g. in StumpWM that I use, this can be done through .stumpwmrc

almandin

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Registered: 2014-02-23

Posts: 31

Re: [Xorg-Mate] black screen flashing under mouse position

@EINick this workaround works for me too, I have made a script with, but I can't start it automatically. I have tried a lot of things but nothing is functionning ...

I am using lightvm and mate.

Last edited by almandin (2015-06-05 15:03:49)