Screen does not refresh until mouse movement over responsive area.

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Issue

  • On the X window getting almost no screen refreshes. Clicking the mouse, pushing enter in a terminal, or sometimes just moving the mouse will trigger a screen refresh.
  • The mouse pointer seems out of sync on the external monitor. Seems like the refresh or sync is not all there.

Environment

Software

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
  • xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.10-3.el7.x86_64

Hardware

  • ThinkPad W520 with Optimus Technology
    • NVIDIA GF106GLM [Quadro 2000M]
    • Intel Integrated Graphics Controller

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