Interesting mouse cursor appeared during hanging boot from Hibernate

[Aronticuz]

Background
working through adapting self and mx21 to a new computer
just installed liqorix 6.2.9-4 kernel
rapidly adapting to SysV or Systemd options
had a problem and the mouse cursor changed from my chosen option to one shown in the attached image
Does anyone know why? how? anything about the event?
I drew the object from memory into LO Draw package so it is a rough likeness really

Events leading to the auto change in mouse cursor:
switched on trying to boot from Hibernate in SysV kernel 6.2.9-4
seemed to hang (again more on this if needed)
rapidly prodded Ctrl-C Ctrl-G Ctrl-Q in mild panic
cursor changed - became fascinated in the event!

[Eadwine Rose]

Please post your Quick System Info using Copy for forum, thanks.

[Aronticuz]

Oops here is the QSI

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System:    Kernel: 6.2.9-4-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable hpet=disable rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1 
           BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.2.9-4-liquorix-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro hush loglevel=0 quiet 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM 
           Distro: MX-21.3_KDE_x64 Wildflower January 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Mini-pc Mobo: AZW model: S5 v: V1.0 serial: <filter> 
           UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 5800H502 date: 02/15/2023 
CPU:       Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: Zen 3 family: 19 (25) model-id: 50 (80) stepping: 0 microcode: A50000D cache: 
           L2: 4 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 102200 
           Speed: 1195 MHz min/max: 1200/3200 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1195 
           2: 1200 3: 2405 4: 1200 5: 1200 6: 1200 7: 1200 8: 1200 9: 1185 10: 1200 11: 1195 
           12: 1200 13: 1300 14: 1200 15: 1300 16: 1200 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, 
           RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Cezanne driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 
           class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati 
           unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 85 size: 575x323mm (22.6x12.7") 
           diag: 660mm (26") 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (LLVM 14.0.5 DRM 3.49 6.2.9-4-liquorix-amd64) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel 
           alternate: snd_pci_acp3x,snd_pci_acp5x,snd_pci_acp6x,snd_acp_pci,snd_rpl_pci_acp6x,snd_pci_ps,snd_sof_amd_renoir,snd_sof_amd_rembrandt 
           bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480 
           Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 04:00.6 
           chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.2.9-4-liquorix-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 
           v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl port: f000 
           bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-3:3 
           chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: 
           hardware: no software: no address: <filter> 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: slave accept 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 208.47 GiB (14.8%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8SEP4512N-A0 
           size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 
           type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: SBM01100 temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1 size: 931.51 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: 043 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 203.12 GiB size: 198.87 GiB (97.91%) used: 11.62 GiB (5.8%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 283 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
           ID-3: /home raw-size: 720.14 GiB size: 707.77 GiB (98.28%) used: 196.86 GiB (27.8%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 
           maj-min: 8:3 
Sensors:   Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured? 
Repos:     Packages: 2367 note: see --pkg apt: 2361 lib: 1304 flatpak: 6 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/librewolf.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.librewolf.net bullseye main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 327 Uptime: 1h 7m wakeups: 1 Memory: 12.59 GiB used: 2.1 GiB (16.7%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

[j2mcgreg]

I don't use KDE, so this is only an assumption, but it sounds like that in you managed to change the overall theme in your frenzied entering of keyboard shortcuts. You need to find the theme manager in KDE and change the theme back to the default.

[richb]

I don't use KDE, so this is only an assumption, but it sounds like that in you managed to change the overall theme in your frenzied entering of keyboard shortcuts. You need to find the theme manager in KDE and change the theme back to the default.

That would be in System Settings under Appearance > Cursors

[Aronticuz]

The mouse cursor swap was against a black screen with my selected cursor moving and behaving fine.
When the machine started again it has its usual cursor: oxygen blue
Nothing seems broken but I thought I should report the event

[Aronticuz]

Okay - I think the trigger is a hanging resume from Hibernate state.
The hanging resume seems associated with SysV version of 6.2.9-4 liquorix kernel
No key presses CtrlQ CtrlG CtrlC used at all.
The mouse cursor appeared as the one I chose in settings - oxygen blue - and changed to the one sketched out in the attachment
This time the resume was accompanied by a fair bit of spurious desktop imagery
Will probably return to Systemd variant of same kernel

spooky.png

[MXRobo]

@Aronticuz
FYI – You like know this already, but hibernate is often discouraged in linux and the swap size should be at least the size of RAM if using hibernation.

Doesn't mean that this is the problem, and I'd assume that not having enough swap problems only occurs if you have more loaded in RAM than that which will be written to the swap during hibernation.

HTH

[Aronticuz]

Doesn't mean that this is the problem, and I'd assume that not having enough swap problems only occurs if you have more loaded in RAM than that which will be written to the swap during hibernation.

HTH

Thank you my friend
my guess is memory misreads or memory address misreads when resuming from hibernate.

I have had good luck with systemd variant - a fascinating time really @MXRobo

The thing is I can always reinstall everything and archived by personal data and usually by doing so learn more and more
My naive guess is that it starts and tries to lead up the desktop and Conkies but gets stuck there