[Solved] Cursor disappears in rxvt-unicode / xft font

marcos · 2011-02-01 21:17:33

Add another one to the list... Same problem here

xorg-server 1.9.3.901-1
xcompmgr 1.1.5-1
rxvt-unicode 9.10-1

Have tried the -compsite-fix package with no luck...

tvale · 2011-02-01 23:03:52

Downgrading from xf86-video-intel 2.14.0-1 to 2.13.0-4 fixed it for me.

 % pacman -Q rxvt-unicode xorg-server xcompmgr xf86-video-intel intel-dri                   [~]
rxvt-unicode 9.10-1
xorg-server 1.9.3.901-1
xcompmgr 1.1.5-1
xf86-video-intel 2.13.0-4
intel-dri 7.10-1

w1ntermute · 2011-02-01 23:34:13

tvale wrote:

Downgrading from xf86-video-intel 2.14.0-1 to 2.13.0-4 fixed it for me.

OK, that's fixed the problem for me when I'm not running xcompmgr, but I'm still getting it when I am.

falconindy · 2011-02-02 00:09:08

urxvt behaves for me as long as I avoid using Xft fonts.

w1ntermute · 2011-02-02 00:10:22

falconindy wrote:

urxvt behaves for me as long as I avoid using Xft fonts.

Yes, the fact that the problem is with Xft fonts is mentioned in the thread title

Last edited by w1ntermute (2011-02-02 00:11:18)

falconindy · 2011-02-02 00:25:25

Because I've been awake for way too long. Anyways, this is already upstream with FDO.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32734

w1ntermute · 2011-02-02 00:26:51

That still doesn't explain why it was happening to me when xcompmgr wasn't running when I was running xf86-video-intel 2.14.0-1. This bug shouldn't show up at all when compositing isn't enabled.

falconindy · 2011-02-02 00:31:30

Because it's clearly two separate issues.

marcos · 2011-02-03 19:26:18

I can confirm that not using Xft fonts solves the problem, at least for me (running xcompmgr).

TopCat · 2011-02-05 16:41:42

w1ntermute wrote:

tvale wrote:
Downgrading from xf86-video-intel 2.14.0-1 to 2.13.0-4 fixed it for me.
OK, that's fixed the problem for me when I'm not running xcompmgr, but I'm still getting it when I am.

Downgrading also fixed it for me. The cursor still disappears, only to reappear 1 or 2 secs later. The cursor glyph doesn't get messed up anymore.

w1ntermute · 2011-03-04 19:46:40

Anyone know if this is still happening with xf86-video-intel 2.14.0-2 (added to the repos on 2/18)?

TopCat · 2011-03-04 20:18:06

Just finished installing 2.14.0-2. Apparently it's working again.

petelewis · 2011-03-04 22:05:41

TopCat wrote:

Just finished installing 2.14.0-2. Apparently it's working again.

It's better, but a blinking cursor in urxvt still doesn't display properly.

tvale · 2011-03-05 03:37:44

Also fixed it for me.

minami · 2011-03-05 16:41:12

Still not working for me.

w1ntermute · 2011-03-14 20:09:21

Any word on if 2.14.0-3 fixes the problems?

minami · 2011-03-14 21:19:18

w1ntermute wrote:

Any word on if 2.14.0-3 fixes the problems?

Cursor still disappearing with rxvt-unicode + xft after running xcompmgr.

Runiq · 2011-03-15 08:47:44

Also works with cairo-compmgr after installing 2.14.0-2.

pogeymanz · 2011-03-16 01:59:15

Still doesn't work here.

lives2evil · 2011-03-17 09:21:40

Hi everyone, I had this cursor problem too.
I'm using xcompmgr-git from AUR, intel graphics. (x86_64)
And I'm not sure why but I think I found a workaround.
Try running this:

urxvt -depth 32

Well, instead of going transparent, it fix the issue (At least in my case).
But when I tried adding "urxvt*depth: 32" to .Xdefaults, it went transparent and the cursor disappear so I removed it and use "urxvt -depth 32" instead.

Hope this help.

sarbash · 2011-03-18 13:32:30

Furthermore, when compositing is enabled there are artefacts on Midnight Commander panels in urxvt there.
But, it's Ok with mc when running it in sakura, lxterminal. Seems like somehow it is related to urxvt and compositing.
Of course, video is Intel indeed.
Xorg 1.9.4
xf86-video-intel 2.14.0-1

P.S. Maybe, this is the solution? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32734#c22

Last edited by sarbash (2011-03-18 13:40:57)

piie · 2011-03-20 21:50:32

I had the same problem and found a solution here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339716

A fixed pkgbuild tarball can be found here: http://piie.net/files/xorg-server_urxvt … fix.tar.gz

sarbash · 2011-03-22 21:15:16

The bug is gone in the last update of the driver in repo.
Just costs a wait for a little.

extra/xf86-video-intel 2.14.0-3 (xorg-drivers xorg)
works like a charm

w1ntermute · 2011-03-25 23:48:07

sarbash wrote:

The bug is gone in the last update of the driver in repo.

Not entirely. The issue has been solved for when Xcompmgr is not running, but it still exists when it is.

Last edited by w1ntermute (2011-03-25 23:48:28)

Nichollan · 2011-07-09 08:43:37

While doing some cleaning of the system, I found that I got this problem when I replaced libxft-lcd from AUR[1] with libxft from extra, so I changed it back and am not seeing any problems.

[1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37044

Arch Linux

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