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Xlibre: Mouse cursor vanishes when moved

Hello everybody!

I set up Artix Linux for the first time on my PC - used the ISO with Lxqt + Runit:
artix-lxqt-runit-xlibre-20250705-x86_64.iso

Installed to HDD via a USB stick.

I'm hitting a problem that I sort of suspect is upstream, but not 100% sure.

The problem:
As soon as Artix Linux has booted up (both installed to HDD or boot via USB stick), moments after I initially move my mouse - the pointer visually disappears.

It's still there - just invisible - I am able to click and use the mouse normally (other than the pointer being invisible) by right clicking to see where a menu pops up, enabling me to know where the pointer is located.  :D

I booted up the non-Xlibre ISO with Lxqt + Runit (artix-lxqt-runit-20250707-x86_64.iso) - and this problem was absent, the mouse was fine. Then I tried the Xlibre Cinnamon + dinit ISO- and the same disappearing cursor issue returned.

Thought I'd check in here before making a bug report on the Xlibre project - maybe some misconfig is happening?
One other _lesser_ issue I encounter on the Xlibre images (vs. Xorg) is that the GUI is slow/sluggish. Thinking it might be driver related, but my GPU is pretty lowend. It's a VGA output via integrated Aspeed AST2600 BMC - part of the Supermicro X12SDV-4C-SPT4F SoC motherboard.


I've extracted comparative logs from:
1. Lxqt Artix + Runit, Xlibre
2. Lxqt Artix + Runit, Xorg

The logs I've obtained are:
uname -a
dmesg
lspci -k
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
pacman -Q | grep -E 'xorg|xlibre|xf86'


Xorg logs here:
https://privatebin.net/?b034228d1d9c6fa0#86cuTD1LKq5WKiKLaouay2yWmbFfyBVU5GnM3TayUTVv

Xlibre logs here:
https://privatebin.net/?f092b631ea2f8fa1#KU513Ko3usMAKsMP7qKPRk1i9peZkJkjMNW3t8674Cb

One thing that's a bit odd to me:
Xorg.0.log reflects my mouse (Razer DeathAdder V2) is independently detected both as a keyboard and a mouse. But- I think it's a red herring - that outcome is the same on Xorg and Xlibre...

Open to any ideas - and can obtain any additional data of interest.  :)

Re: Xlibre: Mouse cursor vanishes when moved

Reply #1 –
Well.. due to your gpu being fairly exotic and that glamor fails to load properly on Xlibre side, you should post this in the upstream issues here: https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/issues

Re: Xlibre: Mouse cursor vanishes when moved

Reply #3 –
Thanks for the quick inputs! I have gone ahead and submitted an upstream issue report:
https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/issues/402