Losing mouse pointer in non-Kubuntu KDE system

[Doug]

On 10/31/2010 04:20 AM, GeraldCC wrote:
> On Sunday, October 31, 2010 04:03:33 pm 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.  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 have tried /etc/.rcsysinit, but it didn't do anything I could
>> determine.)
>>
>> Thanx.  --doug
>>      
> Hi Doug,
> I am glad to hear that I am not the only one as far as getting useful replies
> from the list!!
> I have one machine and although new has a problem in that area.
> I installed a mylivecd created  on another machine, but although it installed
> properly, after the reboot it worked for a while but when the KVM switch
> switched from that machine to another and then back again the mouse/keyboard
> did not work.
> So I started with a new PCLinuxOS 2010.10 and worked with that for a while.
> then did an upgrade.. Test that for a while. If all works,for you,  well your
> home and dry.
> If you require further help mail me directly!!
> Gerald
>
>    
I have (had?) PcLOs on two machines--this one, which has the 
mousepointer problem,
and a laptop, which, when I tried to upgrade, crashed and burned.  I can 
salvage the
original, but I'm not sure about putting 2010.10 on it--I think that's 
when everything
went to hell, but I can try it one more time.  When I inquired of the 
Forum about problems
with upgrade, someone replied that I was supposed to have done an 
upgrade every week,
which not knowing any better, I never did. Since it's gone now anyway, 
I'll try '.10 again
and see what happens.  The problem is I have XP and 2 other Linuxes on 
that machine,
and I don't want to lose everything.  (I actually have a complete backup 
made about
the end of September, so all is not completely lost, no matter what 
happens.)

--doug

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