The other card is Intel on-CPU graphics. The display connected to the Intel integrated controller does not flicker; the two displays connected to the Radeon do.
$ lspci ... 00:02.0 Display controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) ... Oddly, lspci is showing a Xeon E3-1200 but the CPU is actually a i5-4690 $ cat /proc/cpuinfo ... processor : 3 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 60 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz stepping : 3 microcode : 0x1c cpu MHz : 3494.531 cache size : 6144 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 6 initial apicid : 6 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm ida arat xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid bogomips : 7000.73 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1433858 Title: Mouse cursor flickering when using two graphics cards Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Mouse cursor flickering when using two graphics cards. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-31.43~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt5 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Mar 18 22:40:10 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.3.10, 3.16.0-31-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7821] Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850] [1002:6819] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:042c] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-24 (22 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) MachineType: MSI MS-7821 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-31-generic root=UUID=cb3bd3ad-4c60-460e-8982-45ab28abdaf2 ro nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/10/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V2.5 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV2.5:bd11/10/2014:svnMSI:pnMS-7821:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnZ97-G45GAMING(MS-7821):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7821 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Wed Mar 18 14:17:36 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2~trusty2 xserver.video_driver: radeon --- .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.353 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: vivid DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7821] Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850] [1002:6819] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:042c] LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150318) MachineType: MSI MS-7821 Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper quiet splash --- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-9.9-generic 3.19.1 Tags: vivid ubuntu compiz-0.9 UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev' Uname: Linux 3.19.0-9-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 11/10/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V2.5 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV2.5:bd11/10/2014:svnMSI:pnMS-7821:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnZ97-G45GAMING(MS-7821):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7821 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150303-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.59-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.0-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2build1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1 xserver.bootTime: Thu Mar 26 12:06:34 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu2 xserver.video_driver: radeon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1433858/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp