On Dec 6, 2007 6:05 PM, gossamer axe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Sometimes, but not always, when the Gnome user interface comes up, the
> > cursor is invisible. I can tell it is there by dragging the mouse
> > around and seeing what lights up in the way of Tool Tips.
> >
>
> I had the same problem. It was a bug with my nvidia video and the mouse.
> There's a setting in xorg.conf to resolve this. Under mouse section:
> Option "HWCursor" "Off"
>
> This didn't work 100% for me, the mouse pointer still would disappear.
By the way, nvidia is a good catch. Video hardware is "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150".
More information, of sorts. By "mouse section" do you mean Section
"Input Device"? If so, I have one for "Keyboard0" and one for
"Synaptics". I am actually using a plug-in USB mouse, and am very
grateful for the hardware switch that turns off the Synaptics touch
pad.
Do not have this disappearing cursor problem at all if I use the KDE
desktop instead of Gnome. It's been much too long a day by now. I
think I will see if the system shuts down cleanly.
The only Linux distribution I have tried on this hardware that seems
to run everything properly is Sabayon. It even works the Broadcom
wireless chip.
carl
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