Bug 213 - Installing the proprietary driver for ATI causes the mouse to flicker
Summary: Installing the proprietary driver for ATI causes the mouse to flicker
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Keywords: Triaged
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Reported: 2011-02-27 00:39 CET by corneliu dabija
Modified: 2011-03-18 03:46 CET (History)
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Source RPM: drakx-kbd-mouse-x11
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Description corneliu dabija 2011-02-27 00:39:05 CET 
I installed the proprietary ATI driver through MCC for my Radeon HD 4350 and it
worked great. One small problem: the mouse flickers when it moves over certain UI components. There are also some artifacts that appear in the proximity of the mouse. Really annoying.
I have fixed this issue by removing the line 
Option "SWCursor"
in
Section "Device"
in 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
and everything works very well now. Maybe Mageia should make sure that this line does not get written in xorg.conf when installing the proprietary driver.
I also have Fedora installed on this machine and I have had exactly the same mouse issue there too.

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Steps to Reproduce:
Ahmad Samir 2011-02-27 16:53:19 CET

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
CC: (none) => anssi.hannula
Source RPM: (none) => drakx-kbd-mouse-x11

Comment 1 corneliu dabija 2011-03-18 03:46:14 CET 
OK, I reinstalled Mageia alpha 2 and reinstalled the proprietary ATI driver and Option "SWCursor" does not appear anymore in xorg.conf. So I guess we can close this bug.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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