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mandrzej

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Registered: 2011-10-03

Posts: 23

KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

From time to time (about once per week), the cursor disappears. You can control the programs, the mouse works. You only need to do it blindly, because you can not see the arrow cursor.

User Switching will help not - for logged in to a new session KDE is the same. It helps to reboot the system.

What's interesting - as I log in via VNC client window everything is OK. I see the arrow system of KDE.

Please help to find the cause.

Xabre

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2009-03-19

Posts: 757

Re: KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

You gave absolutely no information about graphics stack, driver you use, any related log at all. With that in mind, kicking your computer moderately hard is a valid suggestion for resolving the problem.

mandrzej

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Registered: 2011-10-03

Posts: 23

Re: KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

Thank you for your response.

I do not know what data you specify. You can identify?

For example, here is journalctl before disappearing arrow

sie 25 17:57:03 s00 systemd[1]: Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories...
sie 25 17:57:03 s00 systemd[1]: Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories.
sie 25 18:37:44 s00 kernel: ath5k: ath5k_hw_get_isr: ISR: 0x00001000 IMR: 0x00000000
sie 25 18:58:05 s00 su[2982]: (to mandrzej) root on none
sie 25 18:58:05 s00 su[2982]: pam_unix(su-l:session): session opened for user mandrzej by (uid=0)
sie 25 18:58:05 s00 su[2982]: pam_unix(su-l:session): session closed for user mandrzej
sie 25 19:31:38 s00 mandrzej[3720]: ARROWS DISSAPEAR   <- Arrow vanished. 3 seconds later I added the entry. via " logger... "

lspci

00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Host Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR2417 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5007G 802.11bg] (rev 01)
01:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/CMI8768 PCI Audio (rev 10)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710 [Radeon HD 4550]
02:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series]

I have two monitors connected to one card (Radeon, dvi + vga)   Extended Desktop.  On both screens arrow disappears.

What more to write. What logs?

Last edited by mandrzej (2015-08-25 18:18:42)

Xabre

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2009-03-19

Posts: 757

Re: KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

Xorg log should be more relevant. You said you have a Radeon card, so I somehow suspect you're using Catalyst driver. But, would love to see your Xorg log first.

mandrzej

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Registered: 2011-10-03

Posts: 23

Re: KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

With today's date, are these:

http://pastebin.archlinux.fr/1467791
http://pastebin.archlinux.fr/1467792
http://pastebin.archlinux.fr/1467793

Others are dated August 4, 2015
I do not know exactly which files in question.

Thank you for your help and patience

Xabre

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2009-03-19

Posts: 757

Re: KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

Good thing I waited for logs before going with initial thought: you're using free Radeon driver afterall.

Logs seem clean, and there's nothing that indicates what might be the problem.

Wiki mentions few cases that lead to cursor misbehaving.

So, first I'll ask if you have any custom configs in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, or a custom /etc/X11/xorg.conf ? If you do, please post them.

If not, one suggestion is to try adding:

Option  "SWCursor" "True"

to the Device section in your (let's call it) 20-radeon.conf.

Last edited by Xabre (2015-08-25 21:24:54)

Zaku140

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Registered: 2015-08-14

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Re: KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

What version of KDE are you using? Are you using the standard cursor icon theme or are you using a custom one?

mandrzej

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Registered: 2011-10-03

Posts: 23

Re: KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

So, first I'll ask if you have any custom configs in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d,

I have one file:
10-keyboard.conf

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier "system-keyboard"
	Option "XkbOptions"  "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

or a custom /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?
If not, one suggestion is to try adding:

Option  "SWCursor" "True"

to the Device section in your (let's call it) 20-radeon.conf.

I don't have custom xorg.conf

OK, I added Option.... I will be watching whether it will disappear again. Thx

Last edited by mandrzej (2015-08-26 16:41:38)

mandrzej

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Registered: 2011-10-03

Posts: 23

Re: KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

What version of KDE are you using? Are you using the standard cursor icon theme or are you using a custom one?

                                                                                                                             
KDE: 4.14.10           

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walmartshopper

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Registered: 2010-03-31

Posts: 39

Re: KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

Same happened to me a couple days ago.  I am on nvidia driver and using Silver xcursor theme.  I have some custom settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf, but I haven't changed them in years.  Actually I haven't changed any system settings recently, just pacman upgrades.  I don't remember exactly when it happened, so I don't know which packages I had upgraded before it happened.

mandrzej

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Registered: 2011-10-03

Posts: 23

Re: KDE - cursor arrow dissapears

So far, the workaround works. I noticed that the cursor sometimes has a problem with the display - turns into a square filled with lines. Then he returns to the normal display

It was not so that disappeared completely and had to be restarted.

Whose bypass work, although I still do not know what the cause is, it does not work with the default settings SQ / HW Cursor.

Thanks anyway for your help