I always use full window crosshair in both schematic and PCB editors.
It works fine till the middle of December 2022. The last kicad-nightly version which works fine for me is 202212082203+966f7bfa4c~162~ubuntu20.04.1
Version info:
Application: KiCad
Version: 6.99.0-unknown-966f7bfa4c~162~ubuntu20.04.1, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
FreeType 2.10.1
HarfBuzz 2.6.4
FontConfig 2.13.1
libcurl/7.68.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1f zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.2.0) libssh/0.9.3/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.40.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 5.4.0-137-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, cinnamon, x11
Build Info:
Date: Dec 8 2022 22:03:27
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.71.0
OCC: 7.5.2
Curl: 7.68.0
ngspice: 38
Compiler: GCC 9.4.0 with C++ ABI 1013
Build settings:
KICAD_SPICE=ON
In all newer versions the crosshair is missing when rendering engine is set to “Accelerated graphics”. If the engine is switched to “fallback”, the crosshair appears.
System information:
NAME=“Linux Mint”
VERSION=“20.3 (Una)”
ID=linuxmint
ID_LIKE=ubuntu
PRETTY_NAME=“Linux Mint 20.3”
VERSION_ID=“20.3”
HOME_URL=“https://www.linuxmint.com/”
SUPPORT_URL=“https://forums.linuxmint.com/”
BUG_REPORT_URL=“Linux Mint Troubleshooting Guide — Linux Mint Troubleshooting Guide documentation”
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL=“https://www.linuxmint.com/”
VERSION_CODENAME=una
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal
HW info:
Lenovo P51
GPU0 - Nvidia Quadro M2200
NVIDIA Driver Version: 510.108.03