Amdgpu driver and a not visible mouse cursor

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I am trying to use the amdgpu (not amdgpu-pro) driver and have installed it on my system running openSUSE Tumbleweed. The problem now is that the mouse cursor is not displayed. The mouse works, I can drag frames and click icons. The only thing is that the mouse pointer is not visible. I have the same problem with Manjaro, so I think it’s not a Tumbleweed problem, but the driver from AMD. Does anyone else have this problem?

Grafikkarte: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Many greetings
Björn

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That graphic card is very new – release date: December 2022 …

Assuming X11, do you have the following AMD relevant packages installed?

  • xf86-video-amdgpu
  • ucode-amd
  • libdrm_amdgpu1
  • kernel-firmware-amdgpu

If you’re using Wayland, the first mentioned package might not be needed …

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Is the xf86-video-amdgpu package required? I didn’t have it installed and everything ran fine on my 7900xtx, except for the occasional crash which seems to be AMD RX 7900 XTX gfx hang followed by HW reset (#7939) · Issues · Mesa / mesa · GitLab.
Yesterday I was experimenting around and installed xf86-video-amdgpu and after a reboot I also had no mouse cursor. Uninstalling the package fixed the mouse cursor again.

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But are you sure that the amdgpu driver is still running?

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inxi -G spits out

type or paste code hereGraphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.7 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 5120x1440~120Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.3 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (gfx1100
    LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.1.4-1-default)

Not sure what that means for X itself, but everything seems to work.

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You are right, ucode-amd was not installed. I have install this package, but it solved not the problem.

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With the package xf86-video-amdgpu I get the following output:

Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.7 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.3 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (gfx1100
    LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.1.7-1-default)

and for lsmod | grep amdgpu

amdgpu              10661888  30
drm_ttm_helper         16384  1 amdgpu
ttm                    94208  2 amdgpu,drm_ttm_helper
iommu_v2               24576  1 amdgpu
gpu_sched              53248  1 amdgpu
drm_buddy              20480  1 amdgpu
drm_display_helper    221184  1 amdgpu
video                  69632  1 amdgpu

Without the package xf86-video-amdgpu:

bja@localhost:~> inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.7 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.3 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (gfx1100
    LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.1.7-1-default)
bja@localhost:~> lsmod | grep amdgpu
amdgpu              10661888  52
drm_ttm_helper         16384  1 amdgpu
ttm                    94208  2 amdgpu,drm_ttm_helper
iommu_v2               24576  1 amdgpu
gpu_sched              53248  1 amdgpu
drm_buddy              20480  1 amdgpu
drm_display_helper    221184  1 amdgpu
video                  69632  1 amdgpu

The inxi output is under the attribute ‘loaded’ a liitle bit different. I don’t know what that means :slight_smile:

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Without xf86-video-amdgpu installed, the loaded X display driver is the modesetting, and the amdgpu is absent from the two lists of X display drivers. With it installed, it gets loaded, and the modesetting display driver is moved to the list of unloaded X display drivers. Inxi gives us more than we need to know in order to get what we do need to know. :stuck_out_tongue:

This appears to be a problem for which you should file a bug report. New hardware often takes a while to get all the bugs out. :frowning:

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Thanks. I have submit a bug report: Bug 1207388 – amdgpu driver and a not visible mouse cursor

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To be clear, here, and in your bug report, it appears that simply using the modesetting display driver instead of the amdgpu display driver makes the mouse cursor visible. Correct?

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Yes that is correct.

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Your bug has been marked resolved fixed in under 5 hours, pretty nice. You’ll have to wait unknown duration for the new xf86-video-amdgpu package to show up on the mirrors though. Meanwhile, keep using the modesetting driver, which is the recommended workaround in the upstream bug.

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Mileage may vary: 1206864 – Direct Rendering Manager trouble upon resume from suspend to RAM

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The new version of xf86-video-amdgpu is in the repository.

bja@localhost:~> zypper info xf86-video-amdgpu
Repository-Daten werden geladen...
Installierte Pakete werden gelesen...


Informationen zu Paket xf86-video-amdgpu:
-----------------------------------------
Repository         : Haupt-Repository (OSS)
Name               : xf86-video-amdgpu
Version            : 22.0.0-4.1
Arch               : x86_64
Anbieter           : openSUSE
Installierte Größe : 166,8 KiB
Installiert        : Ja
Status             : aktuell
Quellpaket         : xf86-video-amdgpu-22.0.0-4.1.src
Upstream-URL       : https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
Zusammenfassung    : AMDGPU video driver for the Xorg X server
Beschreibung       : 
    amdgpu is an Xorg driver for AMD video cards.

    Its autodetects whether your hardware has a CI or newer AMD Graphics Card

The mouse cursor is visible now. :partying_face: