> > > > > 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. >
Sorry, I meant the Input Device. I also have a USB mouse, seems to be where the problem is. From what I've read (and don't fully understand) is that the nvidia driver conflicts with the USB mouse driver. > > 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. > I didn't try it with KDE and Fedora, but when I had Suse on that machine, with KDE, I had the same trouble. I don't think it seems to matter what WM you use. > > 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. > I installed Slackware 12 on both of my machines and everything seems to work great. With the exception of my middle scroll button. I don't have wireless, so I have no idea how Slack copes with it. > > carl > -- > carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- Gossamer Axe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://gypsy.sytes.net/ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
