On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Tom Goldring wrote:
I just installed SL 5.2. If I bring it up with the graphical login screen
(i.e. if runlevel 5 is set in /etc/inittab) then I can't see the mouse
pointer. The mouse still works because I can select things from the
menus at the top of the screen if I happen to move the mouse to the
right place (i.e. move it around until something gets highlighted). The
only way I can get a properly working mouse is to edit /etc/inittab to
start in runlevel 3, reboot, login at the console, and then run startx.
But if I terminate X (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) and then run startx again,
the mouse pointer once again becomes invisible.
If anyone can tell me what is causing this behavior
and how to fix it I would very much appreciate the help.
Since you mentioned changing /etc/inittab I am guessing that
"init 3" followed by "startx" wont work.
Sounds like some graphics card specific problem - which graphics
hardware and driver are you using ?
XFree86 had a "Device" section option
Option "SWcursor"
you could try adding that line to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and see whether a software cursor helps.
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