<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:54, Nitesh Mistry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mailbox@mistrynitesh.net">mailbox@mistrynitesh.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 07:28:21AM +0530, Narendra Diwate wrote:<br> > Hi<br> ><br> > Sometimes when i boot up, the mouse pointer doesn't show. The pointer is<br> > there because when i move the mouse, i can see desktop items being<br> > highlighted when it passes over them, but it is invisible.<br> ><br> > I reboot to resolve this issue and everything is back to normal, the mouse<br> > pointer is there and can be seen. However i thing this can be resolved<br> > without rebooting. How? And why does this happen and how to prevent it?<br> <br> <br> </div></div>Sound like a problem with x. Though what I am suggesting is not a<br> solution but just a work-around - Just restart x (was Ctrl+Alt+Backspace<br> earlier [1], don't know after Karmic). <br></blockquote><div><br>Have been having this trouble regularly. Restarting X doesnt work. Only a reboot works. Any other ideas, solutions and causes are welcome. Also I do not use suspend or Hibernate nor have made any changes to the mouse properties or pointer and use a regular 2button +wheel mouse with USB connector.<br> </div></div><br>