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

[domino]

display=infinite was the one I hadn't set. It's better now.

thanks

[RobNyc]

This problem happens on a asus a9250 that uses the radeon 9250 engine 256mb ddr ? or no

[tinman]

Mouse Locator works great for me Thanx

I would like to know if there is a way to remove/turn off the os x icon?
so i don't see all the little lines after exiting opengl apps.

and I have a little problem with games, quake 4 and quake 2 work just fine
but when I try to run doom 3 or quake 3 It tells me that it cant find opengl

I'm running a P4 2.8 with 2GB ram ATI 9550 256MB OS x 10.4.6

[cyclonefr]

hum : for removing the osx pointer, i was having the same great idea but didnt find...
for QUAKE3 or D3 they do work fine for me....10.4.6 is weird install 10.4.5 Myzar works fine on ATI

[dripple]

Finally, I solved the mouse tearing for me:
I bought an used PowerBook 17" :-)


dripple

[AltonBrown57]

I feel really stupid, I'm very new to the Mac OS. I have the horrible tearing effects with my ati radion x700 graphics card and installed mousepose to try and fix it. When I try to open mousepose, i get a window that tells me it cannont connect to the internet to download the latest updats, and it seems to me that mousepose never opens. I have not yet solved my ethernet driver problem so i cant use the internet. I cant edit any setting in mousepose because i dont think i ever opened it. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Thanks

[Don Luca]

I want to share my experience with you guys....

I downloaded and played with a game named Tribal Trouble and i was getting the mouse tearing problem...
When i disabled the Hardware Cursor, the mouse tearing went away... and it was perfect: no artifacts nor pointer flickering.

So the problem is that in osx the pointer is Hardware accelerated...

In fact, if you erase the ati kext and go with basic VESA mode, the pointer is perfect.

Now I'm wondering if there's a way to disable the acceleration for the mouse pointer...
I'm pretty sure I can do this.
I'll do research and post here any development.

See you.

[cyclonefr]

else u can buy a X1600 and use ATINDRV hack

[dripple]

Maybe this thread is getting to old, so many of you don't know the facts:
The mouse tearing IS a problem of the hardware accelerated mouse cursor. And of course: VESA-driven cards have no artifacts.

And: currently there's no way to disable the hardware accelerated mouse driver. A solution would be a small extension that hides the pointer while scrolling using the scroll wheel. This would minimize the mouse tearing a lot.

[aberracus]

The Real solution was X1600 XT ati drivers hack, now we dont have tearing anymore Cheers Boris!!!

[BiTRiP]

So, is there allready a better solution then using external apps like MousePose or MouseLocater etc? (without buying x1600)
Is there a solution by just changing a kext or remove something...?

I'm using a Radeon X700 and have it all running (QE, multi res etc) except that i'm having ANNOYING mouse artifacts.

What is the trick!?

[Digital Dark Age]

Here is yet another way to improve the mouse tearing; I personally don't like the adverse open gl performance I get with Mousepose and the like when activated. So here's what I did. Install USB Overdrive, this is shareware but it works 100% without registration, it's available at USBOverdrive.com. Restart the computer. Next go into the USB Overdrive System Preference pane, create a new setting and select your browser application. Now change the Wheel Up setting, select keystroke in the pull down menu and change the keystroke to up(using the up arrow). Do the same for Wheel Down using the down arrow. You should have less mouse tearing when you scroll as it is actually just sending the down arrow key everytime you scroll down. If you like to scroll a little faster you can change the Wheel Up & Down to Page Up & Down.

[ernando]

Hi, anyone notice that after quitting some games, eg SimCity 4, the cursor disappear and change into horizontal line. Does anyone know how to solve this ?

Thanks

[xtraa]

Hi, anyone notice that after quitting some games, eg SimCity 4, the cursor disappear and change into horizontal line. Does anyone know how to solve this ?

Thanks

No, not really but it has nothing to do with mousepose or the other tools. You can use PinPoint to keep your pointer but you will still see the lines. Also like any other overlayer, PinPoint won't change the cursor for example if you enter some text.

But it is a nice tool if you want to see your pointer. In the settings o PinPoint, select shadow and adjust position and opacity. then you will get an osx pointer.

[teppei]

Hi, anyone notice that after quitting some games, eg SimCity 4, the cursor disappear and change into horizontal line. Does anyone know how to solve this ?

Thanks

i have the same problem also, happens when i play keynote slides. the pointer gone and theres a horizontal line (like artifact). I have to log off to solve that problem..

anybody can help us ?

[quixos]

add Display control to Menu Bar, for easy toggling of refresh rate, to fix mouse line problem.

go to System Preferences / Displays, and check, "Show displays in menu bar".

after quitting a game that causes you to lose your mouse, you can pretty easily change
your refresh rate up or down, then back to your prefered rate, with no need to log out.

[xtraa]

add Display control to Menu Bar, for easy toggling of refresh rate, to fix mouse line problem.

go to System Preferences / Displays, and check, "Show displays in menu bar".

after quitting a game that causes you to lose your mouse, you can pretty easily change
your refresh rate up or down, then back to your prefered rate, with no need to log out.

thanks for the hint on the refreshrate. i found a little free program and combined it with a hotkey.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=23850

[nb1878]

FYI - I'm using a ATI Radeon PowerColor 9600 PRO and I have no mouse tearing. Refer to my post here:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=25217

[zedzed]

else u can buy a X1600 and use ATINDRV hack

Does this 'hack' work with JaS 10.4.7?

I have Asus eax1600xt silent and Ihave blocks here and there on the screen.
Will this hack fix this problem?

[poplars]

it seems like there is no actual solution for mouse-tearing except on the x1600 and cards like that, which is riduclous....Mouse Locator is ridiculous, I don't understand why anyone would want to lose such usability of the mouse just to not be annoyed...this is ridiculous, someone develope a hack already....