Stuck cursor and other annoying random issues
I switched to Linux (Xubuntu) so I don't have to reboot so damn often. I do lot of coding and can have 10+ windows open sometimes. I find myself rebooting way more often now.
First issue: In order to have 3 monitors, one of them has to run a separate X session. There are work arounds but it involves treating 2 monitors as one and it's just so messed up I don't even want to consider that. Basically maximizing a window spans both etc... it's really not a proper way to do things and is a real hack. So I opted for the separate X session.
This session often bugs right out, I will start to see all kind of artifacts and junk, things will start to act up, I wont be able to open stuff, it will just delay for ever and eventually error out with "cannot open the folder" it's just overall very buggy.
Second Issue: The main X session, which has two monitors, works well while the system is running. However when I reboot (which is often because of issue 1 and 3) then it's all screwed up. the theme is some weird black theme that I cannot read any of the text. I keep having to go change it. Occasionally all the bars will be all over the place too, but this seems to have settled in the last couple reboots.
Third issue: This happens mostly in firefox and thunderbird but also other apps: Randomly a cursor such as the hand icon, or the "I beam" cursor will get stuck in that position. I also loose all keyboard functionality when this happens. I can move the mouse but cannot click on anything or do anything with it. This forces me to hit the reset button.
This 3 issues are making me contemplate going back to Windows, but I really hate the direction it's going. Seems there's no good OS anymore. :(
Is there anything I can do to fix these issues? It is extremely annoying.
Re: Stuck cursor and other annoying random issues
Did it again. This is really annoying. Anyone?
Re: Stuck cursor and other annoying random issues
What kind of hardware do you have? Do you have the graphics card, acceleration, memory for this?
There are other ways to maximize the amount of workspace you have besides just getting bigger screens. You could use the workspace switcher ( control+alt+arrow key ), which is pretty fast and greatly increases my productivity. If you don't like the layout, you can change that, too. You could also make your whole desktop a 3D cube with translucent panels if you need to see everything all the time.
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I need to be able to see everything at once, so I need the multiple screens. I already do use the workspace switcher on top of that.
I have 2 Geforce GTX 560 TI's, Core i7 processor, 12GB of ram.
The stuck cursor issue also happened before I added the 3rd monitor. It just does it more now. But the other issues only surfaced when I added the monitor.
Re: Stuck cursor and other annoying random issues
Have you tried this
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-1999966.html
?
I'm not trying to be patronizing here, just trying to cover all the bases.
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The issue with using those type of work arounds is they do not support any 3D acceleration. While they're arn't many games for Linux, I do plan to possibly start coding one, and there are a few I do play. I don't want to completely remove my ability to game.
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2 of those issues only started after you added the 3rd monitor, what is the make and model of it ?
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Originally Posted by
black veils
2 of those issues only started after you added the 3rd monitor, what is the make and model of it ?
It's a LG Flatron E2442TC.
Re: Stuck cursor and other annoying random issues
Did it again... what a pain. It screwed up the theme again too. What seems to happen is it actually looks like the theme I had but things go all black.
What if I try another distro? Are these bugs something specific to Xubuntu?
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Originally Posted by
helpee
Just tried this, and it did not do anything but disable the 3rd screen (like it was originally)
This is the resulting config file:
Code:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 304.43 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-13) Sun Aug 19 21:19:28 PDT 2012
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "BaseMosaic" "True"
Option "MetaModes" "gpu-0.crt-1: 1280x1024+0+0, gpu-0.crt-0: 1920x1080+1280+0, gpu-1.crt-0: 1280x1024+3200+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection