The mouse cursor started behaving strangely after updating to kernel 6.6.85 and Nvidia 570 driver.
The problem is that the cursor disappears when I drag it to the right side of the screen. It works fine on other sides. In addition, the XFCE window manager crashed. The taskbar and clock icons and sound started to disappear. In general, the panel disappeared completely.
I also couldn’t switch between openened windows with the mouse cursor.
So far I have done the following:
My XFCE version is 4.20
I restored XFCE from the SKEL folder - no effect. Also reinstall XFCE
Downgraded Nvidia from 570 to 550 driver - no effect
Please advise.
You know that you can only do this while this users session is not running?
Otherwise the xfsettingsd process will prevent some or all of the xfce4 config files from being altered.
Log out and do it from a TTY - or from another users account.
One easy way to check whether the issue is with this configuration is to create a new user and check whether the issue is present there, too.
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This has been done for you, in this instance - in future you are expected to observe forum guidelines.
Yes, I do it the same way.
In addition, I log to XFCE with other user name. Everything work OK except the cursor.
I notice that the gdm screen is 3840x2160 and the cursor is OK, no problem to right side of the screen! When log to XFCE or PLASMA and decrease the size to 1920x1080 the mouse cursor get away and dissapear when drag to right side of the screen.
Please, humour me… When you say “periodically updated”, how long a period typically elapses between performing each update?
How did you;
…if you didn’t have the Manjaro ISO?
It is highly recommended to download the latest Manjaro Installer ISO, as booting from it can allow repairs and/or recovery to be performed in many circumstances.
You might consider updating to the latest non-beta BIOS if the manufacturer lists one available on their site.
Regards.
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So it’s actually Plasma and not XFCE. A mixed system? Desktop environments shouldn’t be mixed, as they can bite each other and cause problems. Use one user account per desktop environment.
That’s strange. You have one monitor but 4 screens? Screen-1 seems to be real and Screen-2 to Screen-4 are something virtual?
It is also strange that the Monitor-1 is unknown. I would suspect a problem receiving the EDID, which is necessary for KMS and which Nvidia now has active by default.
I mean from time to time
I only update when necessary. For me, the principle “don’t push something when it works” applies. In this case pulse audio lags was the trigger to update and now everything went wrong.
I installed plasma because in xfce I couldn’t switch between windows and it was difficult to write in the forum.
Sorry for violating the forum rules.
If you have any ideas to guide me what causes the problem with the cursor and nvidia I will be grateful.
While this may be a long standing principle, on your part, I’m afraid it isn’t conducive to maintaining a so-called rolling release model distribution such as Arch or Manjaro.
Updates are indeed expected to be performed more frequently that other point release Linux distributions.
It is highly recommended to monitor the Update Announcement topics which provide breaking news about issues that affect Manjaro. The announcements also include a Known Issues and Workarounds section, which is generally suggested to check before performing an update (links previously given).
A responsible maintenance regimen would include performing a sync/update at least once or twice a month; as the need demands.
:end of lecture
Using multiple Desktop Environments with Manjaro is usually discouraged and tends to create some difficulty for those who might wish to help diagnose an issue.
From the description, it seems like 1920x1080 resolution isn’t being correctly set. This unknown monitor is a configuration that I have never seen before - is there any control on the device itself?
And instead, try switching to a later kernel - 6.12 (LTS) is suggested. Once this is done, test again with both X11 and Wayland (assuming your Nvidia graphics fully supports it).
Check the xorg configuration. As mentioned, it looks like there are 3 ghost screens, which exists, but have no monitor for output. The mouse cursor doesn’t hide itself, but move to an invisible screen. Such screens can be a result of misconfigured xorg configuration.
The EDID is a binary file, which is part of the monitor. It tells the gpu driver how it should handle the monitor. If no EDID there, it does it by trial&error.
After 1 week of struggling with the cursor, the solution came. I simply deleted the files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d directory and evrything works fine.
This may not be the smartest solution, but it works. It seems to me that some of the configuration files were incorrectly created after the system update.
