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855gm and kernel 2.6.35-22.34 mouse cursor invisible

Bug #660380 reported by Vladimir Psenicka on 2010-10-14

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Expired	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-image-generic

Bug still present in latest kernel 2.6.35-22.34, after installing Leann Ogasawara older kernel (2.6.35-22-generic #32+lp614176) cursor is visible again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic 2.6.35-22.32+lp614176
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.32+lp614176-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: ladas 1083 F.... lxpanel
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 11'
   Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
   Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
   Controls : 28
   Simple ctrls : 20
Card29.Amixer.info:
Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 1VHT28WW-1.04'
   Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 1VHT28WW-1.04'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card29.Amixer.values:
Simple mixer control 'Console',0
   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Limits: Playback 0 - 14
   Mono: Playback 10 [71%] [off]
Date: Thu Oct 14 10:35:39 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1ea19439-217c-4552-91b7-e93b6d8b50dc
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - i386 (20101010)
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.
Lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: IBM 18342LG
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=b52de3db-4c68-4673-abe8-cc3daa4117f8 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 12/08/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
dmi.bios.version: 1WET90WW (2.10 )
dmi.board.name: 18342LG
dmi.board.vendor: IBM
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1WET90WW(2.10):bd12/08/2006:svnIBM:pn18342LG:pvrThinkPadR50e:rvnIBM:rn18342LG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 18342LG
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad R50e
dmi.sys.vendor: IBM

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Vladimir Psenicka (vladimir-psenicka) wrote on 2010-10-14:

AcpiTables.txt Edit (142.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AlsaDevices.txt Edit (650 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
AplayDevices.txt Edit (323 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ArecordDevices.txt Edit (622 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (39.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Amixer.values.txt Edit (4.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.txt Edit (664 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Card0.Codecs.codec97.0.ac97.0.0.regs.txt Edit (767 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (845 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (9.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciMultimedia.txt Edit (758 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (524 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (81.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (190.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (1.6 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Veleno (veleno) wrote on 2010-10-15:

My 2 cents (filed bug report 661037, until I found this).
I'm experiencing the same issue stated in bug 614176: mouse cursor is invisible (but active), a suspend/resume usually brings the pointer back.
So far:
- pointer visible in Leann Ogasawara's 2.6.35-22.32+lp614176 (http://people.canonical.com/~ogasawara/lp614176/i386/)
- no joy with Brian Rogers' 2.6.35-ppa21+v9+pollparam.30, stuck at splash screen. (https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/graphics-fixes).

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Vladimir Psenicka (vladimir-psenicka) wrote on 2010-10-15:

I can't see if suspend/resume because it isn't working on my R50e. After suspend I can't resume notebook (black screen and system is not responding)

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Veleno (veleno) wrote on 2010-10-20:

Problem still in place with today's kernel update 2.6.35-22.35.

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Veleno (veleno) wrote on 2010-10-20:

Tested with today's current mainline build, cursor is now visible.
Please notice that actual mainline is 2.36 and today's kernel from repos is 2.35.

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/daily/current/

veleno@alustriel:~$ uname -a
Linux alustriel 2.6.36-999-generic #201010180905 SMP Mon Oct 18 10:24:46 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
veleno@alustriel:~$ sudo dpkg --list |grep 201010180905
ii linux-headers-2.6.36-999 2.6.36-999.201010180905 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.36
ii linux-headers-2.6.36-999-generic 2.6.36-999.201010180905 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.36 on x86/x86_64
ii linux-image-2.6.36-999-generic 2.6.36-999.201010180905 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.36 on x86/x86_64

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Veleno (veleno) wrote on 2010-10-21:

Issue still gone with 2.6.36-999-generic #201010201332 from
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/daily/current/
Still present with 2.6.35-22.35.
Both using latest xserver-xorg-video-intel driver 2:2.13.0+git20101020~glasen~maverick~ppa1 from
https://launchpad.net/~glasen/+archive/intel-driver
Will try also 855gm-fix-dkms 0.8.0~glasen~maverick~ppa1 (DKMS Source for the 855gm-fix kernel module) for 2.6.35-22.35 from
https://launchpad.net/~glasen/+archive/855gm-fix

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Veleno (veleno) wrote on 2010-10-21:

Tried with DKMS from 855gm-fix-dkms 0.8.0~glasen~maverick~ppa1: issue still present in 2.6.35-22.35.

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Veleno (veleno) wrote on 2010-10-21:

Mouse cursor shows on following daily builds:
- 2.6.36-997-generic #201010211126 (http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/drm-intel-next/current/)
- 2.6.36-020636-generic #201010210905 (http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-maverick/)

Used on both: xserver-xorg-video-intel driver 2:2.13.0+git20101020~glasen~maverick~ppa1.
Not used: 855gm-fix-dkms 0.8.0~glasen~maverick~ppa1 (errors during compiling on both versions, that's the reason of 2.6.36-020636-generic's choice).

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Veleno (veleno) wrote on 2010-10-22:

Done daily standard updates (apt-get update/upgrade cycle) and removed any mainline build.
Rebuilt dkms modules against 2.6.35-22-generic: mouse pointer is now visible with 2.6.35-22.35.
The DKMS modules rebuilding process was embedded in the removal of other kernels (done via apt-get remove), the system is actually using 855gm-fix and ipheth in dkms.

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Jim Rees (rees) wrote on 2010-11-04:

#10

This is what fixed it for me:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/24/108

Julian Wiedmann (jwiedmann) on 2011-03-12

affects:

linux-meta (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)

Brad Figg (brad-figg) on 2011-04-07

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2012-10-16:

#11

Vladimir Psenicka, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick reached EOL on April 10, 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the kernel in the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested and remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the text:
needs-upstream-testing

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, please comment as to why specifically you were unable to test it and add the following tags:
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful Bug Reporting Tips:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the text:
needs-upstream-testing

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful Bug Reporting Tips:
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Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-12-16:

#12

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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