Steve, would installing the proprietary fglrx drivers provide a WORKAROUND as outlined in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/AMD ?
** Tags added: wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1464388 Title: Cursor flickers & disappears. Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: dmesg | egrep 'drm|radeon' gives --- *ERROR* conflict detected with stolen region sudo update-pciids #optional command, requires internet lspci -nn | grep VGA gives -- 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Juniper PRO [Radeon HD 5750] [1002:68be] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-39.53~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt11 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-39-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Jun 11 18:12:30 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:d000] Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Juniper PRO [Radeon HD 5750] [1002:68be] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:2986] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-10 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z68AP-D3 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-39-generic root=UUID=819060e8-45dd-405b-b40d-85174dd3cb96 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/21/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F8 dmi.board.name: Z68AP-D3 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF8:bd03/21/2012:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnZ68AP-D3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnZ68AP-D3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: Z68AP-D3 dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Thu Jun 11 14:07:52 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.devices: input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 input Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v8.0 KEYBOARD, id 8 input Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v8.0 KEYBOARD, id 9 input Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v8.0 KEYBOARD, id 10 xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2~trusty2 xserver.video_driver: radeon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1464388/+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
