[Openchrome-users] Mouse pointer problems

[James Simmons]

> Recently I dealt with a number of long-neglected security updates to my
> Scientific Linux 6.3 desktop system. On reboot my mouse pointer was a
> shimmering blob about 60x60 pixels, the top 60x20 being clear with the
> occasional fleeting coloured pixels. This happened mid last year and it seemed
> the only way I could remedy the problem then was to upgrade from 6.0 to 6.3.
> So, this time round I did "yum --releasever=6.4 update". It went some way to
> solving it but wasn't entirely successful. I got a bit further by selecting a
> different mouse pointer (Preferences > Appearance) but the problem still
> emerges in situations such as hovering over a PDF in Acroread (but not Evince)
> and then only over the document - never the 'window frame' or menu areas
> 
> This phenomenon appears with both GNOME and KDE desktop environments.
> 
> xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.3.0-3.20120806git.el6.i686 (the latest) is
> installed.

I have seen this before. It is related to the hardware cursor. If you 
enable Option "SWCursor" it will go away. We saw this in the KMS case as 
well. Are you using both outputs; VGA plus something else ?