825193 - pointer rapidly gliches with hourglass

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[rennocbob]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0 SeaMonkey/2.14.1
Build ID: 20121129191119

Steps to reproduce:

the pointer rapidly flashes/glitches/switches with an hourglass. I tried disabling plugins.
very distracting/annoying.


  Application Basics

        Name
        SeaMonkey

        Version
        2.14.1

        User Agent
        Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0 SeaMonkey/2.14.1

        Profile Folder

          Show Folder

        Enabled Plugins

          about:plugins

        Build Configuration

          about:buildconfig

        Crash Reports

          about:crashes

        Memory Use

          about:memory

  Extensions

        Name

        Version

        Enabled

        ID

        Adblock Plus
        2.2.1
        true
        {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}

        ChatZilla
        0.9.89
        false
        {59c81df5-4b7a-477b-912d-4e0fdf64e5f2}

        DOM Inspector
        2.0.13
        false
        [e-mail]

        JavaScript Debugger
        0.9.89
        false
        {f13b157f-b174-47e7-a34d-4815ddfdfeb8}

  Important Modified Preferences

      Name

      Value

        browser.cache.disk.capacity
        358400

        browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run
        false

        browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max
        false

        browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value
        358400

        browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
        4

        browser.startup.homepage
        http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=1ikf1er16fqq7

        browser.startup.homepage.1
        http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Antioch+CA+94531:4:US

        browser.startup.homepage.2
        http://cad.chp.ca.gov/Traffic.aspx

        browser.startup.homepage.count
        3

        browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
        rv:17.0

        browser.tabs.warnOnClose
        false

        extensions.lastAppVersion
        2.14.1

        gfx.blacklist.suggested-driver-version
        10.6

        network.cookie.prefsMigrated
        true

        places.database.lastMaintenance
        1356311501

        places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
        104858

        places.history.expiration.transient_optimal_database_size
        167772160

        print.print_printer
        EPSON Stylus Photo R220 Series (Copy 1)

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_bgcolor
        false

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_bgimages
        false

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_command

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_downloadfonts
        false

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_bottom
        0

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_left
        0

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_right
        0

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_top
        0

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_evenpages
        true

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_footercenter

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_footerleft
        &PT

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_footerright
        &D

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_headercenter

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_headerleft
        &T

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_headerright
        &U

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_in_color
        true

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_bottom
        0.5

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_left
        0.5

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_right
        0.5

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_top
        0.5

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_oddpages
        true

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_orientation
        0

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_pagedelay
        500

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_paper_data
        1

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_paper_height
        11.00

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_paper_size_type
        0

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_paper_size_unit
        0

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_paper_width
        8.50

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_reversed
        false

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_scaling
        1.00

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_shrink_to_fit
        true

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_to_file
        false

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_unwriteable_margin_bottom
        0

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_unwriteable_margin_left
        0

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_unwriteable_margin_right
        0

        print.printer_EPSON_Stylus_Photo_R220_Series_(Copy_1).print_unwriteable_margin_top
        0

        privacy.item.cookies
        true

        privacy.item.offlineApps
        true

        privacy.item.passwords
        true

        security.warn_viewing_mixed
        false

  Graphics

        Adapter Description
        ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730

        Vendor ID
        0x1002

        Device ID
        0x68c0

        Adapter RAM
        1024

        Adapter Drivers
        atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64

        Driver Version
        8.680.0.0

        Driver Date
        11-18-2009

        Direct2D Enabled
        Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 10.6 or newer.

        DirectWrite Enabled
        false (6.1.7601.17789)

        ClearType Parameters
        ClearType parameters not found

        WebGL Renderer
        Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 10.6 or newer.

        GPU Accelerated Windows
        0. Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 10.6 or newer.

        AzureCanvasBackend
        cairo

        AzureFallbackCanvasBackend
        none

        AzureContentBackend
        none

  JavaScript

        Incremental GC
        1

  Accessibility

        Activated
        0

        Prevent Accessibility
        0

  Library Versions

        Expected minimum version

        Version in use

        NSPR
        4.9.2
        4.9.2

        NSS
        3.13.6.0 Basic ECC
        3.13.6.0 Basic ECC

        NSS Util
        3.13.6.0
        3.13.6.0

        NSS SSL
        3.13.6.0 Basic ECC
        3.13.6.0 Basic ECC

        NSS S/MIME
        3.13.6.0 Basic ECC
        3.13.6.0 Basic ECC


Actual results:

disabling plugins had no effect


Expected results:

cursor should have stopped blinking

Comment 1

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

(In reply to rennocbob from comment #0)
[...]
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> the pointer rapidly flashes/glitches/switches with an hourglass. I tried
> disabling plugins.
> very distracting/annoying.
[...]

Do you have precise steps to reproduce the error? Something like:
1. Do this
2. Do that
3. Do this other

Actual results:
the mouse pointer rapidly alternates (is that it?) between arrow and hourglass

Expected results:
the mouse pointer should remain steady

Comment 2

[rennocbob]

The issue seems to have stopped once I closed a tab with URL 

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Antioch+CA+94531:4:US

But when I relaunched the URL in question the issue did not start happening again.

This issue seems to occur frequently, so I will restart my PC and see what happens.

I also have Firefox installed and will test it with he same URL. But I have not had this issue with IE, FF, or Opera

Comment 3

[rennocbob]

Ok. Rebooted and relaunched SeaMonkey and it glitched again (that page is one of my Home Tabs), but if I close that tab it stops, and if I hit the home button it does not happen again even though that url/tab opens up again. So it seems to only happen with that URL and only when I initially start SeaMonkey.

I set that same url as a home tab in FF and had no trouble with FF.

Comment 4

[rennocbob]

Must be the add blocker plug-in stopping a pop-up?

Comment 5

[therube]

This perhaps?

Flickering Hourglass With Cursor
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2556197

Comment 6

[rennocbob]

thanks for the link. I think as it only happens under very specific circumstances I'll just work around it

Comment 7

[rennocbob]

issue seems to have resolved self