Mouse Pointer Constantly Blinking Rapidly

code-witcher · 2024-04-03 19:53:40

Hi everyone,
I've just installed Rasperrypi Os with Xfce, everything else looks fine, but the mouse pointer blinks, sometimes it even dissapears. It's like something is constantly refreshing. I'd like to fix this not only because it's pretty annoying to see and work with, but I also wonder if there's anything wrong in my setup.
I'm on a RaspberryPi 5 with 8gb of ram, running on a 500gb nvme bottom hat.
Let me know what other information you would need, I have no idea what to do about this.
Thanks,

ToZ · 2024-04-03 23:05:20

Hello and welcome.

Does running the window manager (and compositor) with the xpresent backend help?

xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/vblank_mode -s xpresent

code-witcher · 2024-04-06 22:44:00

Hi ToZ, thanks! Nope, same behavior.
It stops misbehaving if I deactivate the compositor completely though I've discovered.
I'd like to keep it on, to customize transparencies for example.
On this regard, I have a related question. I have Kali in another machine, I understand it also uses Xcfe, however, it does not look like what I have on the raspberry... I wonder why! On Kali it does look really beautiful, why is this difference? They both look like totally different desktops.
Thanks for your teaching, I'm a total noob on Linux.

ToZ · 2024-04-06 23:04:31

code-witcher wrote:

Hi ToZ, thanks! Nope, same behavior.
It stops misbehaving if I deactivate the compositor completely though I've discovered.
I'd like to keep it on, to customize transparencies for example.

Edit: Make sure you have the xpresent libraries installed. They would be in a package called "libxpresent" or "libxpresent1". If it still doesn't help, have a look at this post for some other options. See if one of the other ones works.

On this regard, I have a related question. I have Kali in another machine, I understand it also uses Xcfe, however, it does not look like what I have on the raspberry... I wonder why! On Kali it does look really beautiful, why is this difference? They both look like totally different desktops.
Thanks for your teaching, I'm a total noob on Linux.

Its just a matter of tweaking Xfce to match your preference. Compare what's selected in the "Settings Manager" options between Kali and the Raspberry Pi, and either search for or move over the missing themes, icons, fonts, and wallpapers.

I don't have much experience with Kali, but it looks like their themes and wallpapers are located here if you need access to them from source.

Last edited by ToZ (2024-04-06 23:07:57)

Jerry3904 · 2024-04-07 09:24:37

You may remember, ToZ, that I posted a similar question as we were testing the beta of the official MX-23 Raspberry Pi Respin--lemme try to find it.

Here it is.

We never did solve it so ended up switching to compiz for Final.

ToZ · 2024-04-07 09:49:41

Jerry3904 wrote:

You may remember, ToZ, that I posted a similar question as we were testing the beta of the official MX-23 Raspberry Pi Respin--lemme try to find it.
Here it is.
We never did solve it so ended up switching to compiz for Final.

Thanks Jerry. If this is the case, I wonder if a bug report against xfwm4 is warranted?

Jerry3904 · 2024-04-07 11:46:01

Probably so--I'll look at including both incidents.

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