Weird box surrounding cursor

chris_on_linux · 10-21-2023, 01:05 PM

Hi everyone!

For the past few months, I have been distrohopping a lot. When I installed Gentoo with LXDE, a weird box that looks like some text was surrounding my cursor. Now, I am on Q4OS (Debian) KDE and it is still here! My PC is 10 years old and it has an ATI Radeon 5450 HD. Do you have an idea of what could be causing this and how I can fix it? I have tried changing the cursor.

Thanks!

mrmazda · 10-21-2023, 05:23 PM

What does inxi -GSaz report? I've had that happen before, but not lately, and IIRC not using a 5450. It might be uninstalling xserver-xorg-video-ati and restarting X could fix it, but if it's not installed, try installing it.

chris_on_linux · 10-22-2023, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmazda

What does inxi -GSaz report? I've had that happen before, but not lately, and IIRC not using a 5450. It might be uninstalling xserver-xorg-video-ati and restarting X could fix it, but if it's not installed, try installing it.

Here is the output of the command:

Code:

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-13-amd64
    root=UUID=749c0f66-8bc6-4561-9b07-02bf8d7a15ab ro quiet loglevel=3
    systemd.log_color=0 systemd.show_status=1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Q4OS 5.3.1-n1 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Park [Mobility Radeon HD 5430] vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire
    Caicos driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-2
    code: Evergreen process: TSMC 32-40nm built: 2009-15 pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-I-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:68e1 class-ID: 0300 temp: 46.5 C
  Device-2: Aveo USB2.0 Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 2-1.5:4 chip-ID: 1871:0143 class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: swrast gpu: radeon
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 model: AOC 24B2W1G5 serial: <filter>
    built: 2022 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.6 256 bits)
    direct-render: Yes

I tried uninstalling xserver-xorg-video-ati but it didn't work, so I reinstalled it.

mrmazda · 10-22-2023, 12:57 PM

There are two types of cursor: 1-hardware; 2-software. I suggest to find out which type you have doing this, then switch to the other. I've never needed to do this, even though I have seen cursors corrupted like that. I have no recollection of anything I ever did to fix it. Possibly there is a software bug that both distros doing it "feature". My only currently installed Radeon Cedar card only has openSUSE installed, which doesn't currently show any similar problem.