On Fri 11 Sep 2020 at 15:18:10 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > Greg Wooledge composed on 2020-09-11 11:42 (UTC-0400): > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 10:35:46 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > >> That's the first mention of this phenomenon I recall seeing since I posted > >> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/03/msg01030.html > >> (which dealt mainly with a more serious problem). > > >> I never install a DE/DM and all that stuff, but I get the cursor > >> movement nonetheless. Is that what you're saying? > > > It's not as serious as what you reported in the 2018 thread. It's just > > an occasional glitch, not easily reproducible, with a trivial workaround. > > > I only mention it because once in a while, someone sees something like > > it and freaks out, thinking the computer is locked up or whatever. They > > don't realize they can just hit the Enter key and get a fresh login > > prompt, and all is fine. > > I have too many installations to keep track of which exhibit this nuisance or > not, > but I'm guessing most if not all Buster and Bullseye do it, and maybe even > Stretch > & Jessie, which I'm rarely booting any more.
For me, it started with stretch and continues with buster (not used bullseye yet). I installed my first stretch on the lenovo with the more serious problem—reporting that was the only reason I also mentioned the spurious CR. (I first thought they might be related, of course.) I hadn't realised anybody else saw them. Apologies to Greg, I misuderstood the import of your posting, thinking that the CR had something to do with configuring a graphical.target without a DM. Duh. I guess you meant that someone new to a VC login, after always having used a DM login in the past, might hit this bug and freak out. Cheers, David.
