Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1214564
Title:
Disappearing mouse cursor after nvidia packages update.
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Hi. After upgrade (Tue Aug 20, 2013) of nVidia related packages such
as: nvidia-settings, nvidia-current and after installing two new ones
- nvidia-304 and nvidia settings-304, I noticed that after restart,
all system fonts were enlarged - terminal fonts, desktop fonts,
windows fonts. Generally everywhere. I had to change size by hand. But
there is one more problem: mouse cursor.
If the mouse is not in use (I mean e.g. no user reaction) from time to
time, mouse cursor is disappearing for a one, two seconds. The same
thing happens when I'm moving mouse or when I'm trying to open/close a
directory, mark a file by one click or simply - clicking on anything.
It is pretty strange and annoying. Before today's updates, everything
was okay. All installed packages related to nVidia:
,-----[ $ dpkg -l | grep nvidia ]
| nvidia-304 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.3[1]
| nvidia-common 1:0.2.44.2
| nvidia-current 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.3
| nvidia-settings 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.3
| nvidia-settings-304 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.3[1]
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Also, there is no icon for a 'NVIDIA X Server Settings' utility (available
via menu). When I'm trying to open this application, I'm seeing warning
message, that I'm not using a 'nvidia' driver and I should run 'nvidia-xconfig'
as root and restart X11, which I did, but after X11 restart, everything was so
huge. I could not choose 1024x768 resolution, because there was not such option
- only three were available: 800x600 and lower etc.
Earlier, I was able to open X Server Settings and view/set many options. I
have had to remove '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' file created by nvidia-xconfig command,
and change name of 'xorg.conf.backup' file to 'xorg.conf'. After restart,
everything seems return to normal, but still there is a problem with mouse
cursor.
* Architecture: i386
* DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 (Xubuntu 12.04 variant)
* Uname: Linux 3.2.0-52-generic-pae i686
* ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
* NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
* Xorg version: 1:7.6+12ubuntu2 (xserver-xorg)
* xserver-xorg-core: 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.13
I'm using Xubuntu 12.04.2 LTS. After/during installation there were no
need to configure anything related to my nVidia graphics card (GeForce
7100). Everything worked out-of-the-box. Till today. Even during
system booting and/or closing (I don't use bootsplash), fonts are
changed. Now they are... slimmer. It seems like, that today's upgrade,
affects all fonts on the system.
There is also problem with X11. After - for example - 30 minutes
without any user reaction, monitor goes black. After moving a mouse,
Desktop looks really horrible. Colors, windows decorations, fonts etc.
It looks very, very bad. I don't see anything worrying in
'/var/log/Xorg.0.log' file. Also '.xsession-errors' file seems to be
okay.
,-----[ $ lspci | grep VGA ]
| 00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C73 [GeForce 7100 /
nForce 630i] (rev a2)
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,-----[ $ lsb_release -rd ]
| Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
| Release: 12.04
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Best regards.
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[1] I have to notice, that nvidia-304 and nvidia-settings-304 packages are
new and were installed during upgrade. Maybe these packages are responsible for
all mentioned problems?
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