Invisible mouse pointer problem

[Ian Malone]

On 29/06/07, Tom Diehl <tdiehl at rogueind.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Mauriat M wrote:
>
> > On 6/28/07, Tom Diehl <tdiehl at rogueind.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I just installed f7 on a new box. Once the machine is up and running the
> >> mouse pointer disappears. The mouse is working because if I move it
> >> carefully I can use it to navigate the menus at the top of the screen. I
> >> was

> >>
> >> I am not running any of the nVidia propriatory modules and I would like to
> >> avoid that if possible.
> >>
> >
> > Sounds like:
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3009
> >
> > Solution:
> > Disable HWCursor in Xorg.
> >

>
> Thanks to all who responded. Turning off the HWCursor fixed it.
>

FWIW, this does not happen with the nvidia drivers on a
GeForce 6150 provided the norhgb option is provided to
the kernel. (I had the same problem with the nv driver).

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imalone