With Intel 82Q963/Q965 video, mouse pointer freezes in Chrome

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On 01/01/2015 02:50 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
> Have you tried to switch off hardware acceleration under advanced
> settings in chrome?
>
> Henk
>
> John Hupp schreef op 1-1-2015 om 02:52:
>> On 12/31/2014 5:44 PM, John Hupp wrote:
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> With an Intel 82Q963/Q965 integrated video chipset using the
>>> default-selection i915 driver under 14.04.1, I find that the mouse
>>> pointer freezes in Chrome in certain web sites.  It "reliably" does
>>> this in the Chrome Web Store, for instance.
>>>
>>> I have no other solution at that point than to use the keyboard to
>>> reboot.
>>>
>>> Firefox does not have the same problem.  And if I use a different
>>> video card, Chrome does not have the problem.
>>>
>>> Anyone recognize the problem and have a workaround?
>>>
>>> --John
>>
>> I filed a bug report at Issue 445768
>> <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?can=2&start=0&num=100&q=&colspec=ID%20Pri%20M%20Week%20ReleaseBlock%20Cr%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20OS%20Modified&groupby=&sort=&id=445768&thanks=445768&ts=1420076960>
>> but I'm still looking for help with a workaround.
>>
>>
>
>
Hi John,
instead of rebooting you can go to a TTY terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and
(after logging in)
run
sudo stop lightdm
sudo start lightdm

(Or the other variation)
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo service lightdm start

Or you could just restart lightdm

sudo restart lightdm

(other variation for that)
sudo service lightdm restart


That usually works for me if I get into a pickle

-- 
Regards