[HowTo] Turn mouse tearing OFF :), easily turn off the nasty mouse bug for ATI graphic cards Options

[xtraa]

Hi,

I was looking for a way to turn the Mouse tearing off. It is caused by the mouseshadow, that does not
upgrade the graphics correctly and makes text passages unreadalble etc.

So here is a fix that will remove the slices and artefacts and the tearing 98%

Download Boinx Mouseposé 2.1. Note: if you have *for some reasons* just a license key for 1.1, you can
also use it, it will then downgrade, but it still works. Afaik, they give it away for free anyway, and it is a small
company, so you can also support them if you like

Drag the app as well as the Extras folder int your Application folder.

Start the app and in the settings do the following:

First under Mouseposé effects

1. check the Advanced settings checkbox
2. type a "0" in the "Opacity" entry field
3. under "Circle Radius" enter "40" pixel
4. uncheck the "Deactivate after" checkbox

Finally click on Miscellaneous and

1. check the "on login" checkbox
2. select update to never
3. set the "show application in" to "menu bar"


Next, go to your OSX Users settings in the System Preferences.

1. click on Startobjects
2. click the plus, navigate to the Extras>Speakable Items folder you copied from the install image
3. select "Show Mouse" and click on add

Thats it

(I know this is dirty, *lol* and it still has a little scribbling right under the pointer sometimes,
but well, -no slices, no artefacts and it works. Aaaand, you can also use it with Salling
Clicker to remote control things via Bluetooth and applescript, like your Front Row

I think this fix will make things more comftable, untill the January drivers comes up.

This post has been edited by xtraa: Dec 7 2005, 07:13 AM

[cyclonefr]

i dont get it, i went to user settings into control panel then added the mousepose and runningmouse at startup : launching fine, but i still get the mouse tearing

[xtraa]

Hi,

if you see the symbol in the bar, and the script symbol jumping at startup in the
dock, then mousepose loaded up correctly

Just to verify that it is loaded at all. If thats the case, you can additionally try to
press F1, because this is the standard hotbutton for mousepose to quickly dis or
enablke it.

If it should work after pressin F1, then something went wrong with the auto-enable
script at startup.

This post has been edited by xtraa: Jan 21 2006, 03:21 AM

[cyclonefr]

no it's already running everything is fine just doesnt work man

[cyclonefr]

btw ive noticed taht using the mousepose only solve the ARTEFACT problem under safari etc but when i use FRONTROW and open my book i have the mouse completely broken

[xtraa]

You mean when you close frontrow again, after using it, your mouse is broken? have
you installed the latest maxxuss tuning 1.1.? That could fix it, for some it did.

I am sorry that it does not work for you. It worked for many people in the
meantime. Try the suggestion, maybe we find a fix.

This post has been edited by xtraa: Jan 22 2006, 01:07 AM

[cyclonefr]

well in fact when i quit WARCRAFT3 or any other apps using opengl i get my mouse cut into dozen parts ! i can just see a line not mouse cursor
any solution?
ps: i already have the TUNING 1.1 i guess the maxxuss ati driver fix that but removes the QE! lol

[sigxcpu]

Nope. Maxxuss ati driver does not fix that. I have the same problem with opengl and mouse cursor getting into garbage on a Radeon Mobility 9600 (on a SSE2 CPU) and a X600 (SSE3 CPU). Exactly the same behaviour.

[cyclonefr]

so u dont have any solution ? i think everyone is experiencing the same bug even with mousepose which just avoid the mouse blur

[xtraa]

Ah, ok, now i know what you mean :9

i had the same issue with iPhoto. after fullscreen mode it was exactly the same. Thats an issue, of course, that mousepose can't fix ;D

but however, I fixed it for iPhoto by removing the "cube" effect and setting the slideshow effects back to standard.

So sigcpu is absolutely right, It must have something to do with openGL.

[cyclonefr]

what can we do? weirdo no1 ever spoke about that

[sigxcpu]

because "no1" didn't play opengl games

[cyclonefr]

that'sthe right thing but with ILIFE06 weirdo nobody reported that bug

[lmie]

I would like to add my 0.2 cents I ran this program and it caused other applications not to work on reboot ie my instant messger client aniem... also other applications would frezze and not start. I also got a werid kernel message on reboot saying such and such failed and was going to be force killed this was after it backed out of the gui portion... I give you the exact error messages from my log file later I am at work unfortunality

[xtraa]

I also got a werid kernel message on reboot saying such and such failed and was going to be force killed this was after it backed out of the gui portion... I give you the exact error messages from my log file later I am at work unfortunality

Thats too bad. I guess, the failed load of some drivers here will be the reason. I really think it has nothing to
do with mousepose It simply can't be responsible for a panic, because it does not load a driver, so no kernel
panics possible here.

I really would appreciate it if you would post your logfile, m8.

But please do not let us confuse new users, before you made absolutely sure that this is really caused by that workaround.



This post has been edited by xtraa: Jan 25 2006, 02:46 AM

[lmie]

this soultion did not work for me either.. it caused a werid random crash on reboot via the console about a kernel fault or something and it halted and then rebooted... Then I get back in and adium (sp) the instant messager program I used stoped working and created a stack dump in the log file... which I will post later if anyone has a want/need to see it. I dumped all that stuff removed it from the startup applications list and everything went back to normal. And yes other apps besides standard osx ones still have mouse tearing so that did nothing for me expect break my applications

this is odd... doesn't seem to be caused by that program but some werid APCI thing...


Date/Time: 2006-01-24 20:15:54.377 -0500
OS Version: 10.4.3 (Build 8F1111g)
Report Version: 4

Command: Adium
Path: /Applications/Adium.app/Contents/MacOS/Adium
Parent: WindowServer [85]
Rosetta: Yes

Version: 0.87 (0.87)

PID: 200
Thread: 0

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000002


there more to it but that's the jest.. it says something about apci later. O and evern though it says adium on there I have a log that looks the same from mouseposse as well

Command: Mouseposé
Path: /Volumes/Boinx Mousepose?^? 1.2/Mousepose?^?.app/Contents/MacOS/Mousep$
Parent: WindowServer [91]
Rosetta: Yes

Version: 1.2 (1.2)

PID: 217
Thread: 0

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xc002d000

This post has been edited by lmie: Jan 25 2006, 06:26 AM

[xtraa]

@lmie:

ok, i think this is getting OT, because it seems to be a common problem either with your kernel or with rosetta.

We can find out easily: Download the new Adium 0.88 , delete the old one (it will keep your settings) start the
new one. I bet it won't panic this time, because the new one is an UniBin, what means no use of rosetta.

Did you used JaS Patch? If yes, make sure to copy the proper Kernel that fits your CPU from your patches
folder on the DVD over your existig one.

[cyclonefr]

hum let's hope the latest kext of 10.4.4 dont have this bug anyway we wont know until someone can try them ! cause the X1600 use another kext file...
hum too bad that ATI doesnt support universal binary driver on their website

[lmie]

Sry I didn't mean to cause a big uproar... This is my frist time with mac osx I used freebsd and other unix os's many times in the past... I just very new to mac I havn't since like 1994 or something like that.. Thanks for being kind to my newbieness

[xtraa]

Sry I didn't mean to cause a big uproar... This is my frist time with mac osx I used freebsd and other unix os's many times in the past... I just very new to mac I havn't since like 1994 or something like that.. Thanks for being kind to my newbieness

you are welcome it is always apprechiated to try and ask