Losing mouse pointer in non-Kubuntu KDE system

[Nils Kassube]

Doug wrote:
> This is OT for Kubuntu, but you guys are into KDE, so I'll ask,
> because I'm more likely to get a quick, usable response here.  (Have
> tried the PCLinuxOs forum with no answer.)  This is PCLOS 2010.
> 
> The system runs KDE 4.4.5, I believe.

You can check the KDE version in every KDE application with

Help -> About KDE

> Every so often, I wake the
> system up and the mouse pointer is missing, and so far as I know,
> the mouse is non-functional.  I can get to a command line with
> ALT-F2.  Is there a command that will start the mouse back up, and
> if so, what is it?

I don't know such a command, sorry. But what do you mean with "wake the 
system up"? Do you mean from suspend mode or from the screen saver? If 
you mean "from suspend mode", I think it is not a problem of KDE but 
more likely a problem of your xorg driver which doesn't handle suspend 
well. If it is the screen saver, I'm not so sure which part of the 
system is the culprit.

Anyway, if you are talking about a USB mouse, you could try to unplug 
the mouse instead of a terminal command. After you replug it, it should 
work again.


Nils