hit ctrl-alt-l (L) to lock the screen - move your mouse - enter your password - fixed
(the workaround is from the comment of Diego Cortassa I just placed it here to be easily visible and obvious for those that don't know that ctrl-alt-l is the shortcut to lock the screen) -- windows screensaver makes X mouse cursor disappear https://launchpad.net/bugs/24305 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
