[Scottish] X mouse cursor disappears

[Glenn J. Mason]

If it's the nv driver and you're not adverse to binary-only modules you
could try the nvidia driver (i.e. from Nvidia, not xorg/freedesktop.org).
If it IS the nvidia driver then check the documentation at nvidia's site --
there are options for "hardware rendered" mouse pointer which you can turn
on/off (depending on which doesn't work).

On 21/03/07, Giles Innocent <g.innocent at vet.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi there all
>
> I'm running Debian testing (yes, I know I shouldn't expect it to work!)
> Xorg 7.1.0-15
> nv video driver (I think - I'm at work and this is my home machine)
> AMD64 machine
> kdm display manager
>
> This all works perfectly until someone logs out, then the mouse cursor
> disappears, and will not return until I reboot!  This is a bit tedious,
> and
> she-who-must-be-obeyed is getting a little tetchy!  The mouse appears to
> work
> OK, as the focus changes properly, I can select items and I can get a menu
> from the root window (ctwm), the cursor is just invisible.
>
> I've tried restarting the x-server (Ctrl-Alt_Bkspce) no better.
> Restarting kdm - still no luck.
>
> I can't find any logged bugs at debian that mention this.
>
> Anyone any ideas?
>
> Giles
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