DescriptionOlivier Fourdan
2010-01-29 13:52:14 UTC
Description of problem:
Dual head on HP dc5850 desktop, using the "r500" driver in zaphod mode, the mouse pointer is confined to one of the monitor and cannot move to the other monitor.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5-x86_64
How reproducible:
Always with customer's hardware
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure dual head, with individual desktop in system-config-desktop
2. Restart X
Actual results:
The two monitors are detected, screen :0 and :1 and available, but the mouse pointer remains on one monitor.
Moving the mouse to the opposite side can move it around freely on the 2nd screen, but cannot move back to the 1st screen.
Changing "LeftOf" to "RightOf" in the xorg.conf cause the mouse to be trapped on the first screen, ie. can move it around freely on the 1st screen, but cannot move it to the 2nd screen.
Expected results:
The mouse pointer can move between monitors
Additional info:
Initially thought it could have been related to upstream commit 18a611f3cc7f5eea95cd73a9dcc7913c922fcbc:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/?id=718a611f3cc7f5eea95cd73a9dcc7913c922fcbc
But that is not the case, a test package with this patch included does not fix the issue.
Additional tests include changing the initial layout created by s-c-display:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Multihead layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Option "Clone" "on"
EndSection
to
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Multihead layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection
But that did not make any difference.
this may be a server bug, should be reproducible and fixable.
Comment 5J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
2011-01-28 16:36:29 UTC
This problem was reported on a system that was the same as, or very similar to that of bug #529717. Test packages produced for that bug have been tested successfully by a customer.
Perhaps these two issues share a root cause or can be addressed together?
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0303.html
Description of problem: Dual head on HP dc5850 desktop, using the "r500" driver in zaphod mode, the mouse pointer is confined to one of the monitor and cannot move to the other monitor. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5-x86_64 How reproducible: Always with customer's hardware Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure dual head, with individual desktop in system-config-desktop 2. Restart X Actual results: The two monitors are detected, screen :0 and :1 and available, but the mouse pointer remains on one monitor. Moving the mouse to the opposite side can move it around freely on the 2nd screen, but cannot move back to the 1st screen. Changing "LeftOf" to "RightOf" in the xorg.conf cause the mouse to be trapped on the first screen, ie. can move it around freely on the 1st screen, but cannot move it to the 2nd screen. Expected results: The mouse pointer can move between monitors Additional info: Initially thought it could have been related to upstream commit 18a611f3cc7f5eea95cd73a9dcc7913c922fcbc: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/?id=718a611f3cc7f5eea95cd73a9dcc7913c922fcbc But that is not the case, a test package with this patch included does not fix the issue. Additional tests include changing the initial layout created by s-c-display: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Multihead layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1" Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" Option "Xinerama" "off" Option "Clone" "on" EndSection to Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Multihead layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1" Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "off" EndSection But that did not make any difference.