Invisible cursor

[aurelien]

Hi,

I just installed Fedora 14 beta on my Dell D400 Laptop and I have a problem : I have an "invisible cursor".

That is, the mouse (both USB mouse and integrated trackpoint/touchpad) works and can click on menus and files, but the cursor/pointer is invisible.

I tried changing cursor theme & size from the "Appearance" menu, but it does nothing.

I tried adding a "SWcursor" option by creating a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, but it does nothing : /var/log/Xorg.0.log says "Option SWcursor is not used".


Although it's a great opportunity to practice my vim/CLI skills, I'd still like to have my beloved mouse cursor back.

Can anybody help ?

---------- Post added at 08:36 AM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 08:24 AM CDT ----------

Could this be related to this kerner/driver problem ? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=826396

[CSchwangler]

I also have one of these machines (D400) and I tried both F14 and Arch. Both distros have the same problem. I think it is the combination of kernel and intel driver that doesn't work for that particular hardware. On a ThinkPad T60 with Intel card the problem doesn't exist.

[aurelien]

Thanks a lot : the archilinux link I cited provides a "solution" : suspend and resume to get the cursor back.

It's not a great solution, but it works.