[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#762132: Bug#762132: fglrx-driver: Update to 1:14.6~ga14.201-1 amd64: Mouse cursor gone

[Samuel Stachelski]

Hi all

As I already wrote I suffer the same thing with the gone cursor. But for those of you using KDE there is very basic and ugly workaround: In the KDE settings under Desktop Effects -> All Effects turn on the "Track Mouse" effect. In the settings of this effect you uncheck all key modifiers and, voilà, you get  kind of a "cursor". Of course the desktop effects have to be enabled. With default settings the desktop effects can be activated with shift+alt+F12.

Regards
Sam

On Thursday 15 January 2015 13.06:00 John Watson wrote:
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> Just to confirm I also have the same cursor problem using Debian Unstable using fglrx drivers. Again same kind hardware with one of these dreaded Hybrid Intel/ATI graphic laptops.
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> Just a few points.
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> 1- Same issue when installing fglrx drivers from the AMD website.
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> 2- Enabling software cursor in xorg.conf I noticed is ignored by the fglrx drivers.
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> 3- As a work around tried manually inserting a new cursor using the xinput however this results in X crashing using debian fglrx drivers or freezes when using ATI manual drivers.
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> IS there any thing I can do to assist with fixing this bug? If the maintainer wants to remotely login this can be arranged. There is clearly a conflict with fglrx with another library.
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> Thanks and regards.
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> John Watson