On current rawhide with my Mobility 7500 (32MB VRAM) on my T42: kernel-2.6.31.1-56.fc12.i686 xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.7.20091006git457646d73.fc12.i686 mesa-libGL-7.6-0.13.fc12.i686 libdrm-2.4.14-1.fc12.i686 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW (AGP)" (ChipID = 0x4c57) (II) RADEON(0): AGP card detected (II) RADEON(0): KMS Color Tiling: disabled Compiz is *not* being used; just plain metacity. switching resolutions with the display applet will make the cursor disappear; a VT switch brings the cursor back. For some reason X is on vt7 right now, not sure if that makes a difference, but vt1 is text mode and has some plymouth messages on it. Logout/login doesn't make a difference; the cursor will still disappear with a resolution switch.
blaming plymouth
blamed incorrectly. plymouth has nothing to do with X or the cursors.
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates in various components of the Xorg system, which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version of their packages (at least F12Beta, but even better if the very latest versions). Please, if you experience this problem on the up-to-date system, let us now in the comment for this bug, or whether the upgraded system works for you. If you won't be able to reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you. [This is a bulk message for all open Fedora Rawhide Xorg-related bugs. I'm adding myself to the CC list for each bug, so I'll see any comments you make after this and do my best to make sure every issue gets proper attention.]
This happens to me as well, what I do is lock the screen then unlock it to bring my cursor back. T43 laptop. System current as of November 5th 2009. Steps to reproduce : Within Gnome, System, Preferences, Display. Make any changes to resolution or displays in use (I switch between external and laptop display a lot). Apply Cursor vanishes, moving the mouse around I can see that focus is following my mouse. CTRL-ALT-L to lock the display Unlock the display Cursor returns 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility Radeon X300] kernel-PAE-2.6.31.5-117.fc12.i686 xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.10.20091006git457646d73.fc12.i686 mesa-libGL-7.6-0.13.fc12.i686 libdrm-2.4.15-4.fc12.i686 control-center-2.28.1-4.fc12.i686
I can no longer reproduce this after today's updates which included these updates xorg-x11-server-common-1.7.1-7.fc12.i686 metacity-2.28.0-9.fc12.i686 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.1-7.fc12.i686 kernel-PAE-2.6.31.5-122.fc12.i686
Dan do you still have this issue ? The real underlying issue is bit complex and we don't have proper fix in yet. But most of the time it should work.
Same problem... Radeon 9200SE "switching resolutions with the display applet will make the cursor disappear" The cursor becomes invisible but always functional. Open window terminal, enter 'ls' or anything like 'jgjhgjhg'. "Cursor returns" I tried F12 LiveCD http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/desktop-i386-20091111.16.iso kernel-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686.rpm xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.10.20091006git457646d73.fc12.i686.rpm xorg-x11-server-common-1.7.1-7.fc12.i686 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.1-7.fc12.i686
I've just had this happen again so it's not completely fixed.
This happens to me at login, until I switch virtual desktops.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle. Changing version to '12'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Dan, Scott, Electron, Adam do you still have this issue with lastest fedora 12 ? If so please give each one of you the GPU you have (for instance radeon 9600 AGP)
Yes, still a problem with latest F12 updates: Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 libdrm-2.4.15-4.fc12.i686 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.1-7.fc12.i686 xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.10.20091006git457646d73.fc12.i686 Switching to 800x600 makes the panel go black (ie, no desktop shows up at the new resolution) but I can still hit Esc to return to 1024x768 (native resolution), and upon doing so the cursor is invisible. I can VT switch to bring the cursor back.
Tried a bunch of the latest koji builds too. They also do not fix the problem, same symptoms as comment #12 (black screen after modeswitch though backlight is on, missing cursor after reverting to old mode by hitting Esc). kernel-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.i686 libdrm-2.4.15-5.fc12.i686 xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.12.20091119git437113124.fc12.i686 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.1-7.fc12.i686 mesa-libGL-7.6-0.17.fc12.i686
Jerome, Yes, it's still happening now. If I change the resolution of my monitor via the Display Preferences app the cursor vanishes about 90% of the time. 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility Radeon X300] -- Scott
Yes, same problem. Clean install F12 final + updates testing F12 2009/11/23. Radeon 9200SE 64Mb AGP with CRT Monitor. The problem appears at every boot because... Login box 1024x768, user desktop configuration 1152x864 :-) Never lost cursor with login box. mmh, I am in 1152x864, ->close session, switch user, I am in 1024x768, no lost cursor. Reconnect same user -> modeswitch to 1152x864, NO lost cursor. Sorry, my english is very poor.
Yes, still a problem. ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B64 [FireGL V3100 (PCIE)]
can you try 2.6.31.6-159 or later from koji?
It seems to work (for me) with kernel 2.6.31.6-162.fc12.i686.PAE. Good job ;-)
I've been through about 20 iterations of the steps I was using to reproduce it in the past and haven't had the problem yet. Seems to me that this is fixed now. Thanks
Thank you for letting us know.
Just to pile on confirmation, fixed on my T42/7500 with 2.6.31.6-166.fc12.i686 and xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.12.20091119git437113124.fc12.i686