The mouse cursor is stuck jumping between screens (on a multi-head system with 2 graphics cards)

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Systems with dual graphics cards periodically seem to have the mouse getting stuck and jumping between two screens.
  • The occurrences are random and we have yet to find a way to trigger this problem.
  • This YouTube video accurately shows the problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pacgICWaA7k

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
  • Using the 3rd-party nvidia drivers

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