I suspect that adding an xorg.conf with Section "Device" Driver "nouveau" Identifier "nouveau" Option "HWCursor" "false" EndSection
will resolve this for you by just not using the hardware cursor. Does that fix it? ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Triaged => Incomplete -- mouse usage causes Xorg CPU usage to spike, and mouse pointer becomes less responsive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/558657 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp