Bug 29796

Summary:	mouse pointer disappears and does not reappear when mouse moved, only when clicked
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	w unruh <unruh>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	lewyssmith
Version:	8
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description w unruh 2021-12-20 21:41:57 CET

Description of problem: s.if the mouse pointer rests in some windows (Konsole, Chrome), it disappear.This seems to be on purpose. 
But it does not come back if I move the mouse. If the pointer goes ouside that window It reappears, but disappears immediately  if it goes back into that window. This should not be happening, and is very annoying 
. If I left click on that window it reappears for a few sec and then reappears.

Mga 8, Plasma desktop.

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How reproducible: often


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Comment 1 David Walser 2021-12-21 18:40:49 CET

If I leave the mouse pointer over an active Konsole window, it does disappear after a few seconds, but it comes back as soon as I move the mouse.  It doesn't happen if the window is inactive and it doesn't happen on Chromium.  So, it sounds like to some degree it's an upstream design choice, but the degree to which you're seeing it is specific to your computer.

Status: NEW => UNCONFIRMED
Ever confirmed: 1 => 0

Comment 2 w unruh 2021-12-21 21:15:28 CET

Yes, the cursor disappearing seems to have been a decision of the Plasma and XFCE folks. but it would reappear as soon as you moved the mouse. The cursor disappearing and not reappearing unless you left click seems to be a new bug. It may of course be special to my machine's graphics or graphics driver. (XPS13 9310 )or maybe some configuration but I have no idea where this would be configured. I seen nothing in the Settings page regarding this. 
It is definitely a very annoying bug.

Comment 3 Lewis Smith 2022-02-12 19:49:38 CET

Sorry to have left this; it disappeared off the radar.
Is this problem still bugging you? If so, please post the output of:
 $ inxi -MSGxx

CC: (none) => lewyssmith
Summary: mouse pointer disappears and does not reappear when mouse moved. => mouse pointer disappears and does not reappear when mouse moved, only when clicked

Comment 4 w unruh 2022-02-12 22:52:11 CET

Unfortunately I no longer remember what I did to fix the problem, but it now appears to be working properly. Whether it was a kernel update or what fixed the problem. I am sorry I did not promptly report here.
(Just for information, here is the output of inxi

System:    Host: xxxx.physics.ubc.ca Kernel: 5.15.18-desktop-2.mga8 x86_64 bits: 64
           compiler: gcc v: 10.3.0 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
           Distro: Mageia 8 mga8
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 13 9310 v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
           Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
           Mobo: Dell model: 07P9Y7 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 3.1.0 
           date: 07/22/2021
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
           bus ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:9a49
           Device-2: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 3-6:3
           chip ID: 0bda:5517
           Display: x11 server: Mageia X.org 1.20.14 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: intel,v4l 
           resolution: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.4 direct render: Yes

Comment 5 David Walser 2022-02-13 19:11:15 CET

Thanks.  Closing.

Resolution: (none) => WORKSFORME
Status: UNCONFIRMED => RESOLVED