Bug#572140: xserver-xorg: Mouse cursor changes shape to vertical bar

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

reassign 572140 xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.12.99+git20100201.a887818f-1
kthxbye

On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 21:20 +0100, Gerrit Jan Baarda wrote: 
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.5+3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello,
> 
> My mouse pointer changes to a vertical bar like shape.
> 
> This happens after I'm using the system for a while, the cursor suddenly changes 
> to a vertical bar shape, like an 80 pixels or so piece of jigsaw blade.
> 
> This happens at more or less random moments, until now I have not found any
> reproduceable way of creating the effect.
> 
> Once the cursor has changed I'm not able to change it back to it's normal behaviour. 
> I use KDE4 and changeing the cursor, a restart of the X server or kdm will not fix it. 
> 
> I have to reboot to get the normal cursor back.

Probably a driver issue, reassigning.

Presumably Option "SWcursor" should work around it.


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