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mouse pointer icon

Asked by Eric R Drayer

operating system ubuntu 9.04 amd64
video card radeon 9000 pci
mother board intel dp43tf

bug:
The mouse icon is a white rectangle 1 inch long .5 inch tall.
There are small speckles above below and in the rectangle.
I have attempted to change the mouse pointer icon using the gnome tool in appearances to no effect.
The mouse works but it is difficult to use as the pointer does not make it clear where the activation spot is.

I just installed this mother board to replace an abit intel ip35v.
the old board did not have this problem.
I have debian 5 on this hard drive and it has the same problem ...the kernel is older.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try looking in appearence settings and selecting a different mouse pointer. If it doesn't change straight away then restart X with ALT + K + PrintScreen

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#2

Thanks for your input.
I do not think the print screen function starts X.
the print screen function created a png but there is no image in it.
There is also a problem in blender. The interface has a what looks like generic empty geometric icons instead of the actual button, info, etc.

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#3

blender has no text in the interface though the rest of the interface looks close to normal.
I have tried to paste from the clip board into gimp in order to get the screen shot but I was unsuccessful.
The image was save by the icon image of the saved screen shot png.
the mouse stoped working in gimp though I was able to exit...no painting,selecting...
I opened mypaint and it seemed to work.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

on its own, no. If you press it with K and ALT press (Like I said) it will restart the X server. If the mouse pointer theme doesn't apply immediately, use that shortcut

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#5

I did what you said and the x server did not restart.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Then just reboot the system.

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#7

I have rebooted several times.

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Andy Ruddock (andy-ruddock) said : 		#8

Have you tried removing any existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?

In a terminal window (or at the console)

$ sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.deleted

then reboot.

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#9

this is my xorg.conf

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

//////////////////////////////////
lspci and glxinfo
///////////////////
eric@eric-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 03)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 1
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 4
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIB (ICH10) LPC Interface Controller
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller
03:00.0 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMB368 IDE controller
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 01)
04:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70)
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
eric@eric-desktop:~$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
    GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
    GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
    GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
    GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
    GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
    GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R200 20060602 TCL
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 7.4
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture,
    GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
    GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
    GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate,
    GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
    GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
    GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_convolution, GL_EXT_copy_texture,
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_histogram,
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture,
    GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp,
    GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
    GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate,
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once,
    GL_ATI_fragment_shader, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
    GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate,
    GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_NV_blend_square,
    GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_texture_rectangle,
    GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_OES_read_format, GL_SGI_color_matrix,
    GL_SGI_color_table, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

16 GLX Visuals
   visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
 id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x21 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x22 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x5e 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x5f 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x60 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x61 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x62 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x63 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x64 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x65 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x66 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x67 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x68 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x69 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x6a 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x4d 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

16 GLXFBConfigs:
   visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
 id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x4e 0 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x4f 0 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x50 0 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x51 0 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x52 0 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x53 0 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x54 0 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x55 0 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x56 0 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x57 0 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x58 0 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x59 0 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x5a 0 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x5b 0 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x5c 0 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x5d 0 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow

eric@eric-desktop:~$

i have reinstalled radeon and xorg packages as well.
I will take the advice of the xorg.conf file and run dpkg.
If there is still a problem then I will reinstall 9.04 over the debian 5 on this hard drive and see what happens.
hda1==ubuntu9.04 hda4==logical debian5.
I would like to point out that I have not modified any ubuntu configurations.
Perhaps I was wrong when I thought that installing a new mother board would not require a complete reinstall of the operating system.
I am not going to delete the xorg.conf file as recommended above by Andy.
I do not think it will help.

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#10

I do not know if this message which appears as I boot in recovery mode is relevent......

eric-desktop kernel: [ 9.284016] pci 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug?) 01010001
Dec 5 09:51:14 eric-desktop kernel: [ 17.284015] pci 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI: BIOS handoff failed (BIOS bug?) 01010001
Dec 5 09:51:14 eric-desktop kernel: [ 17.284138] pci 0000:04:00.0: Boot video device

No change after reconfigure.
I put in my 9.04amd64 install disk and ran ubuntu from the DVD and had the same problem.

though now the speckles have filled in a bit and the "pointer" is a square 1 inch to a side.
Blenders interface has no text.
gimp is having problems as well.

I think that I need to get a new card but trying to find out which one to test with has been grim.
I will probably buy a radeon x1550 as it is cheep and close. I believe that I need to use the fglrx drivers but I am still confused after all I have read today the best advice seems to be that one of three options should be tried...-ati, radeonhd or fglrx

I was hopeing that maby an intel with on board video board would be easy but what I have seen on the forums has been just as iffy as the other two.(nvidia,ati).

one day wasted trying to fix my mouse pointer icon.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#11

> There are small speckles above below and in the rectangle.

Sounds to me like the 'show mouse' plugin in compiz is enabled.
Or did you enable 'Accessibility tools' somewhere?

btw. to start Xserver you may just logout/in
or
quote:
> use Alt-SysRq-K to kill the current session.
 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/DontZap

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#12

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InputDevices

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#13

I did not install compiz.
I am not using compiz.
Compiz does not appear in system processes.
Perhaps I have made a mistake. Would you tell me how to be sure if the above is not enough?
I have not enabled Accessibility tools. As far as I know this is a fresh install with all updates, the latest blender, yafaray,
no desktop effects, or anything else that might cause the radeon 9000 to choke.

still do not see the use of restarting the server as I have rebooted often today.
Yet I will do this if something happens I will come back shortly if not I will be on-line tomorrow.
Thanks for taking the time to read and think about this a bit.
I am frustrated at the moment but I really do appreciate every one who is looking at this.

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#14

I did another screen shot with the print-screen-sysRQ button on the keyboard and opened the file in gimp...
The mouse pointer shows up correctly in the gimp image interface! BUT the mouse pointer as shown actually on the screen is still a 1 inch square of dots that form a pattern which changes after each reboot.

ohh I think the x1550 is out now.
ATI offers no Linux 64bit driver and I do not know if ubuntu has an open source one that will work.
I read that nvidia workstation cards have a good track record.??

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#15

please do not forget that this is not just a problem with my mouse...
the blender interface has no text and does not work.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#16

Ok, then skip my compiz and accessibility thoughts.
A search for
> EHCI: BIOS handoff failed
 brought up:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275351
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=936051

about video driver:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Video

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#17

About Blender and video card issues.
http://www.blender.org/education-help/faq/linux/#c2051

See Linux index:
http://www.blender.org/education-help/faq/

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#18

These are a great set of links.
I have used some of them in the past and some recently.
I was particularly interested in the bios bug link.
It is unclear whether this bug has an effect on the mouse pointer or the blender interface problem.
I also should point out that I used the abit board and the same radeon 9000 card for a year with no problems.
I will pursue these points of departure.
Thanks again for your time.
I would have searched for the bios bug but I did not know whether it was related.
Sometimes there seems to be an awful lot of rabbit holes sometimes.
I can't help feeling that maby the mother board is the problem.
In terms of time use I am leaning toward mailing this board back to tiger direct.
If I do I will be unable to respond here for a few days...

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Eric R Drayer (ericdrayer) said : 		#19

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
on a lark I got a new card.nvidia.
Everything seems good now I will check back in with the details later.