I can't see mouse cursor, but mouse works

steelslo · #1 20th November 2006, 08:05 PM

After 30 minutes of smooth run, I succeeded in installing it. All along my mouse was working just fine. After the installation was complete, when I rebooted the machine still mouse was fine.

Now finally after update FC and reboot again mouse pointer just disappeared!!!

Well, the mouse still works. When I move the mouse the items get highlighted. When I double click the highlighted item, it opens the application. The scroll button is working fine. but.... The mouse pointer is not being displayed!!!

I'm using Sempron 64- bit processor (3000) with 512MB of RAM, ASROCK Motherboard and I'm using Wireless optical mouse....

Any help in finding my Mouse pointer will be appreciated...

Amitava · #2 20th November 2006, 08:20 PM

Try changing your mouse cursor theme.

steelslo · #3 20th November 2006, 08:33 PM

I try but same problem...
i try to add in xorg.conf line option "HWCursor" "off" and know wooorks

#4 22nd November 2006, 11:34 AM

thank your for comming back and providing your solution

shipo · #5 15th December 2006, 02:16 PM

Okay folks, I've got the same problem with a Sempron 64 running on a Biostar motherboard with an nVidia video card. Immediately after the build and all of the updates, I was able to see the mouse cursor, however, today when I booted the machine all I can see are the effects of the mouse cursor on the screen, not the cursor itself.

Regarding the xorg.conf file, I find it interesting that when the system was built (yesterday), it did not create a second Section "InputDevice" for the mouse. I've tried any number of modifications to the xorg.conf file, so far with no effect.

My current version has an "InputDevice" section for the keyboard and another for the mouse (created by me as follows):

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "HWCursor" "off"
End Section

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,
Shipo

shipo · #6 15th December 2006, 03:23 PM

Thinking back on this, it seems to me that the problem first started last evening after the "Screensaver" kicked in for the first time and locked the screen. Coincidence?

Best Regards,
Shipo

Duli · #7 28th January 2007, 06:10 PM

Hello, same problem here. I'm using a GeForce 6150 LE.

If I add the "HWCursor" "off", the pointer appears again. But I get buggy pointer when using compiz. Have you managed to solve this problem?

Thanks
Duli

Duli · #8 28th January 2007, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duli

Hello, same problem here. I'm using a GeForce 6150 LE.

If I add the "HWCursor" "off", the pointer appears again. But I get buggy pointer when using compiz. Have you managed to solve this problem?

Thanks
Duli

Just solved it, by reading this:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3009#c5

Apparently, removing the "rhgb" (Red Hat Graphical Boot) from the boot kernel line is a workaround.

Duli

gmw1082 · #9 28th June 2009, 12:55 PM

I just got a new mouse and was fiddling with the settings. When I tried to play the game the cursor would not display but could still select things on the screen. My fix for this problem was to turn off pointer trails. I don't know if this will work for others but I wanted to throw it out there.