cursor "lagging" in blender (XFree-4.3.0)

silver_hook · June 27, 2003, 1:53pm

the problem is that my cursor produces “lag” in blender.

the “lag” i’m talking about looks like this:

in the menus the surrounding of the cursor (the size of the cursor image) is in the wrong colour, and the text under it dissapears
on the other parts of blender, it’s just that the colour changes under it, and the surface under it seems empty (=just the grid in the main window)
this effect changes back to normal when i pass the cursor towards another part of blender (like changing form view one to view two, or from the main part to the buttons part)

it’s REALLY anoying, and i couldn’t figure it out yet

i have a Geforce 2 MX, btw

p.s. pity that my first post has to be a bug, i like blender a lot, but with this bug in the way it’s really a pain to use it …please help

Dittohead · June 27, 2003, 3:57pm

you using official nvidia drivers?

if not, get them and install them according to the readme.

nvidia are the best to use with blender, so no need to worry about bugs.

blender’s interface uses opengl, which is what makes it so portable, though some hardware isn’t opengl complient (ati) nvidia is though.

nico · June 27, 2003, 4:54pm

Maybe you installed Win XP and use the default drivers. Their GL suxXxorZ j0r boxXxor I can tell…
So go follow dittoZ adviZ0r

Man I´m 1337. Or it´s da beer.

Dittohead · June 27, 2003, 5:13pm

A. it’s definitly the beer.

B. he’s using linux or unix, or another system that uses xfree86.

alien-xmp · June 27, 2003, 6:57pm

Try turning off XFree86’s pointer shadows, or skinned cursors.

silver_hook · June 27, 2003, 7:16pm

distro/OS:gentoo linux
kernel/OS: vanilla-2.4.20
drivers: latest official nvidia (work great otherwise)
cursor: using the default cursor, shadows option not on
blender: 2.27 from source, but the same happens with the static precompile

@ nico: |7’5 |>4 |333r | 7eLI_ j00

here’s my XF86Config:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "NVIDIA GeForce"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VideoRam    32768
    Option      "NvAgp" "2"
    Option      "RenderAccel" "false"
    Option      "HWCursor" "false"
    Option      "SWCursor" "false"
#    Option     "NoLogo "true"
    Option      "DigitalVibrance" "75"
EndSection

Section "Module"

    Load        "dbe"   # Double buffer extension

    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

    Load        "type1"
    Load        "speedo"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "xtt"
    Load       "glx"
#    Load       "dri"

EndSection

alien-xmp · June 27, 2003, 8:11pm

What happens if you enable HW Cursor?

silver_hook · June 27, 2003, 9:17pm

works!!! great …thx

nico · June 28, 2003, 12:05am

dittohed wrote:

B. he’s using linux or unix, or another system that uses xfree86.

:o man, I´m sorry for so much dumbness in one person.

Dittohead · June 28, 2003, 8:59am

hey man no problem. your right though. the drivers that come with windows suck.

silver_hook · August 24, 2003, 9:30am

no problem …you’re “l33t” alright, considering the artwork you do, but it still was the beer

Baltha · May 20, 2005, 10:58am

Hi… i think i have this same problem too… and im a with WinXp… how i can get this bug away :/… can i change HW curson… if yes… how?

Thanks

Ric · August 4, 2006, 6:24pm

I need that fix too!. But I have an AMD64 , where is the file that can enable HW cursor? ( probably not XF86 {?})