[SOLVED] Flickering tooltips under mouse cursor

slytry · 2018-11-09 21:49:26

When the mouse cursor is over the devices links in Thunar, I see the tooltips flickering like that:

Any suggestion about where is that coming from?

Last edited by slytry (2018-11-12 13:47:26)

mint4all · 2018-11-10 20:41:01

slytry wrote:

When I pose the cursor of the mouse over the locations, the title starts flickering like that:
https://imgur.com/a/KgFREMG
Any suggestion about where is that coming from?

Greetings!

Your observation might be the result of an ill-configured graphics chip (GPU), or graphics card, or a mismatch between your monitor's screen-refresh rate and your GPU. Please run the following command ...

inxi -Fxz

in a terminal window, then copy the command's output and paste it into your reply. That will give us a better idea of how your system is configured. Thanks.

Cheers, m4a

slytry · 2018-11-11 16:26:04

Thank you for helping, here you are:

$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Host: AntXFCE Kernel: 4.18.16-arch1-1-ARCH x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 8.2.1 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: Antergos Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P8H67-M LE v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: 0603 date: 02/11/2011 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-2400 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 24755 
  Speed: 1596 MHz min/max: 1600/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1635 2: 1640 
  3: 1596 4: 1630 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: intel 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Desktop v: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.4 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  Device-2: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 2i4 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio 
  bus ID: 2-1.1:3 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.18.16-arch1-1-ARCH 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9227 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k 
  v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 04:01.0 
  IF: wlp4s1 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus ID: 05:00.0 
  IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 969.72 GiB (46.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EARS-00MVWB0 
  size: 1.82 TiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 43.00 GiB used: 11.35 GiB (26.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Info:
  Processes: 197 Uptime: 10h 56m Memory: 9.67 GiB used: 2.50 GiB (25.8%) 
  Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: 8.2.1 Shell: bash v: 4.4.23 inxi: 3.0.2

That's all...

mint4all · 2018-11-11 17:05:33

Thanks a lot!

Afaict, your 7 y.o. system looks basically ok to me. However, i did notice though that ASUS has updated your mobo's bios 12 times since it was manufactured (see @ https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H67 … Desk_BIOS/ ) so there could be some (possible fixed) issues with your GPU's graphics bus; not likely, but possible ...

On the other hand, your GPU is pretty much standard, and so is your refresh rate @ 60Hz, so that would rule out -- imho -- a potential mismatch of GPU v. Display. There is one potential issue to look into, though: compositing. Are you using Xfce's built-in compositor (Menu > Settings > Desktop Settings > Window Manager {dropdown selection}), or another window manager and/or compositor?

Cheers, m4a

slytry · 2018-11-11 21:33:42

I use the "stock" compositor from xfce.
I tried to remove composition with no result.
And the issue stays there even with compton.

ToZ · 2018-11-11 23:47:44

I wonder if it's the GTK (appearance) theme. Which one are using?
Also which version of Thunar and which version of GTK3 is installed?

Is it only tooltips that tremble like that?

Maybe you could post:

xfconf-query -c xsettings -lv

slytry · 2018-11-12 07:59:09

I thought about that, and I tried many themes, no change.
What is strange, in Thunar just the link to the devices (top part of the tree) are flickering, while the locations (home, documents, images, etc.) have no problem.
The issue is in pamac (a Gtk3 GUI package manager) too, when I pose the cursor on the icons of the apps.

But I suppose you're right, the problem is somewhere in themes, etc.

$ xfconf-query -c xsettings -lv
/Gtk/ButtonImages               true
/Gtk/CanChangeAccels            false
/Gtk/ColorPalette               black:white:gray50:red:purple:blue:light blue:green:yellow:orange:lavender:brown:goldenrod4:dodger blue:pink:light green:gray10:gray30:gray75:gray90
/Gtk/CursorThemeName            Adwaita
/Gtk/CursorThemeSize            0
/Gtk/DecorationLayout           menu:minimize,maximize,close
/Gtk/FontName                   Cantarell 10
/Gtk/IconSizes                  gtk-menu=24,24
/Gtk/IMModule                   
/Gtk/IMPreeditStyle             
/Gtk/IMStatusStyle              
/Gtk/KeyThemeName               
/Gtk/MenuBarAccel               F10
/Gtk/MenuImages                 true
/Gtk/MonospaceFontName          Monospace 10
/Gtk/ToolbarIconSize            3
/Gtk/ToolbarStyle               icons
/Net/CursorBlink                true
/Net/CursorBlinkTime            1200
/Net/DndDragThreshold           8
/Net/DoubleClickDistance        5
/Net/DoubleClickTime            250
/Net/EnableEventSounds          false
/Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds  false
/Net/IconThemeName              Papirus-Adapta-Nokto
/Net/SoundThemeName             default
/Net/ThemeName                  Adwaita-dark
/Xfce/LastCustomDPI             96
/Xft/Antialias                  1
/Xft/DPI                        96
/Xft/Hinting                    -1
/Xft/HintStyle                  hintfull
/Xft/RGBA                       none

lastonestanding · 2018-11-12 10:39:47

This is a bug in GTK3: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1371

In Xfce it can be fixed by changing the value of /Gtk/CursorThemeSize to 16.

ToZ · 2018-11-12 12:24:28

@lastonestanding, nice find. Thanks for contributing. And welcome to the forums.

slytry · 2018-11-12 12:54:11

Congrats! I solved my problem!
But I already had the cursor size at 16, I set it at 17 and the flickering is gone.
And thank you for the link. Never cease to learn...

Last edited by slytry (2018-11-12 13:44:00)

lastonestanding · 2018-11-12 14:34:19

It was shown as 16 in the mouse settings window, but internally it was actually still 0 (default size).

Settings Editor > xsettings > /Gtk/CursorThemeSize

slytry · 2018-11-12 15:09:52

I followed your suggestion, with 16 too there's no issue wink

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