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cteeto

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Registered: 2012-01-08

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seperate X screens (dual monitors) mouse cursor issues

So I have an Nvidia GeForce 450 GTS and I am using the driver from nvidia. I have set up separate X screens for each monitor using the nvidia-settings tool and saved the config file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf

I am not too familiar with this new version of Xorg and uses the xorg.conf.d for configuration files, and on past distributions (not on Arch) I have not had this problem...

So everything seems to work correctly except the position the mouse is shown. When I move the mouse to the other screen, it is displayed there until i get to a certain point and then it jumps back to my main screen, however, the mouse still seems to "be" on the other screen, because clicking affects the screen its supposed to be on, and then I cannot move the mouse back to my main screen (though it is still displayed there)

I really have no Idea what the problem could be

My first monitor is using a DVI connection, and is recognized my nvidia-settings as DFP-0, while the other one uses VGA and is CRT-1 to nvidia-settings, dunno if that matters or not

Please, share your knowledge with me...

cteeto

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Registered: 2012-01-08

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Re: seperate X screens (dual monitors) mouse cursor issues

Heres a bit of an update...

I tried TwinView instead of separate X screens, and the problem persists. I have also instead put my Geforce 430 back in my computer and am now using that card for the second monitor (only because I want a DVI connection and I will be using the 450 to connect to my tv), and the problem still persists.

Opening a program seems to make the mouse appear correctly again, but only for a short while. Moving the mouse back and forth will eventually spark the problem again.

So I am confused, what could this be? A mouse driver issue? Nvidia? Xorg?

ngoonee

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Re: seperate X screens (dual monitors) mouse cursor issues

Maybe its your DE? I use twinview in awesome and have never experienced that, doesn't seem like a common problem (or rather didn't, back when I was researching my multi-monitor setup).

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cteeto

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Re: seperate X screens (dual monitors) mouse cursor issues

I am using Xfce, I don't know why the DE would matter?

R00KIE

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Re: seperate X screens (dual monitors) mouse cursor issues

I'm using xfce here and dual monitors work fine (setup with xrandr), just not using an nvidia card. The only problem I experience sometimes is cursor corruption which sometimes automagically fixes itself.

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ConnorBehan

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Re: seperate X screens (dual monitors) mouse cursor issues

Does HWCursor, SWCursor make a difference?

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cteeto

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Re: seperate X screens (dual monitors) mouse cursor issues

Problem has been fixed, it seems the X11 cursor theme "Pulse-Glass" I was using was the problem. I deleted it and went back to the default cursor theme and everything seems to be fine.