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Bug#850574: mesa: cursor flickers when using software cursor



On 08/01/17 09:24 AM, Christian Weinz wrote:
> Source: mesa
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I enabled software cursor to workaround the issue of the unaffected
> cursor when using redshift. For details see [0]
> 
> When I move the cursor in the gnome session near the top panel the
> cursor start flickering. When moving the cursor away the flickering
> stops.

This is a fundamental issue with using software cursor in X (it has
nothing to do with Mesa). If the Xorg driver you're using supports
Option "TearFree", that should avoid it, otherwise you're probably out
of luck.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer               |               http://www.amd.com
Libre software enthusiast             |             Mesa and X developer

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