Public bug reported:
What happens: If I don't move the mouse during login, then after I reach the
desktop the pointer icon stays frozen on screen. The mouse still works: I can
click and interact with things, but I can't see the cursor move. If I move the
mouse during login, the pointer works normally.
System:
Ubuntu 26.04, GNOME Shell 50.1, Mutter 50.1-0ubuntu2.4
Session: Wayland
Hybrid laptop: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 (proprietary driver 595.99.02) plus AMD
Radeon 680M
PRIME mode: on-demand
nvidia_drm modeset=Y and fbdev=Y
What I already tried (no fix):
Disabled hardware cursors with MUTTER_DEBUG_DISABLE_HW_CURSORS=1. The log
confirms it's active.
Set the AMD GPU as Mutter's primary GPU with a udev rule. The log confirms
card2 selected primary.
Logs: No cursor-related errors in journalctl or the GDM logs, only harmless
geolocation and xkbcomp warnings.
Similar reports: Other people report cursor stutter or freezing with Mutter 50
and NVIDIA 595 drivers on Wayland.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: mutter (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: hostname 7.0.0-38.38-generic 7.0.14
Uname: Linux 7.0.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.34.1-0ubuntu0.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Oct 19 13:38:51 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-10-10 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64 (20260423.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: mutter
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: mutter (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: cursor nvidia wayland
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Mouse pointer icon frozen after login on Wayland (NVIDIA hybrid
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