Similar problem here: mouse flickering when moving over links or clicking, sometimes only re-appears when I move the mouse again. This problem first appeared when I installed a new ATI 7750 gfx card which forced me to switch from Unity 3D to Unity 2D.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-fbdev in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1034470 Title: Mouse pointer flicker or disappear when moving it with left mouse button down Status in “xserver-xorg-video-fbdev” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Acer Aspire One D270 (Intel Atom N2600, Intel NM10 Express, Intel GMA 3600). Xubuntu 12.04 (also reproduced on Ubuntu 12.04). Fresh install with latest updates. Problem appears when moving mouse pointer with left mouse button down. For example, when moving window by dragging its caption. Or when performing rectangular selection on Desktop. Or when dragging the scrollbar handle. When mouse pointer moving that way it flicker (blink) on every move. When I stop moving it (still holding left mouse button down) it disappears and appears again when I continue moving. Also it just disappears when I left-click without move and appears again only after mouse move. Interesting, that issue doesn't reproduces directly after the boot (or Xorg restart). No flickering when dragging windows, for example. However, after some program changes mouse cursor shape to animated "rotating progress indicator" (something like this http://cur.cursors- 4u.net/cursors/images6/cur593.gif) the curso begins to flicker when moving with button pressed (until next reboot or Xorg restart). Such program can be Update Manager or Ubuntu Software Center - they both switch mouse pointer shape to animated "in progress" indicator. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Aug 8 20:10:39 2012 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-fbdev/+bug/1034470/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp