Weird cursor in external monitor

archelaus · 2018-09-02 13:28:46

I use gnome on Xorg.
My laptop has dual graphics(nvidia and intel)
I use my external monitor by $intel-virtual-output
All is fine until my laptop goes to suspend , the cursor when i point in the external monitor goes weird.
Picture

Should i post any other details?

seth · 2018-09-02 14:05:43

Xorg log, notably whether you're using xf86-video-intel or xf86-video-modesetting.
Also check dmesg/journal for errors.

Also what is "$intel-virtual-output"? Is bumblebee somehow involved? Is the output wired to the nvidia chip? Does the issue remain after resetting the output redirection?

archelaus · 2018-09-03 12:02:13

i dont know how, but i dont get that now, probably suspend was't the trigger.
I will provide the above details once , i come across the issue again.

Last edited by archelaus (2018-09-03 12:02:56)

archelaus · 2018-09-03 13:12:21

Xorg.8.log

Since my laptop is a gaming laptop and has dual graphics, i think the HDMI port is hardwired to nvidia card, so i can access my external monitor with that command.(I use bumblebee)

seth · 2018-09-03 13:56:30

you can redirect the journalctl output into a file

journalctl -b > /tmp/journal.dump 2>&1

The posted xorg log indicates that the samsumg monitor is indeed wired to the nvidia GPU, so the output redirection is the likely cause here.
You might want to dump xf86-video-intel and try https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bu … ith-laptop along the modesetting driver.
(You'll be running everything on the nvidia chip and use the intel chip as proxy for the notebook display)
Be aware that YOU'LL HAVE TO ADAPT the configs and commands mentioned there, notably if you're trying the modesetting driver.

Did some trigger for this emerge?

Regarding the slow boot you asked about in you PM, see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/58355#comment169006 - archlinux boots < 10 seconds here.
But there're many pot. causes for slow boots, in doubt open a new topic about this.

seth · 2018-09-03 17:34:02

Please refrain from taking this to PM - you're not talking to *me* but to this forum, which is far better than just me,

Reg, the journal upload, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients but the journal of a single boot should not be that massive at all.

"2>&1" simply redirects stderr into stdout.

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