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[Bug 876520] Re: mouse cursor gone

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** Description changed:

- The mouse cursor is gone when Oneiric starts. The mouse itself is
+ The mouse cursor is gone when the GUI starts. The mouse itself is
  responding, but the pointer is invisible. Very annoying. I do have a
  workaround. One must simply restart the lightdm interface with the
  following command in the terminal: "sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm restart".
  Mouse cursor is suddenly visible again.
+ 
+ -----
+ 
+ Expanded Workaround confirmed by several users courtesy of Mark Kirkwood
+ (mark-kirkwood-k) in comment 2:
+ 
+ A. TEST
+ 
+ 1. hold down shift immediately at boot until the GRUB boot manager menu shows
+ 2. highlight the 'Ubuntu' entry and press 'e' to Edit it
+ 3. navigate to the line that begins "linux ..."
+ 4. navigate to the word "splash" and delete it
+ 5. boot using the modified setting by pressing Ctrl+X or F10
+ 
+ 
+ B. If the test change caused the cursor to show:
+ 
+ 1. edit "/etc/default/grub/" (will need sudo/gksudo/kdesudo for elevated privileges); remove "splash" from the variable GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=. Save the file.
+ 2. "sudo update-grub". This will make the change to the kernel command-line that was done manually in TEST A.
+ 3. Reboot and test
+ 
+ 
+ I've added the 'plymouth' package as a possible cause of the issue. It is likely more a case of the console being put into the wrong graphics mode to support the graphical splash.
+ -----
  
  I am using an old ASUS A6000 A6V laptop with the following hardware
  information (obtained via "lspci")
  
  00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
  00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 04)
  00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
  00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
  00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
  00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
  00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
  00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
  00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
  00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
  00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
  00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
  01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE)
  02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
  02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3)
  02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08)
  02:01.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 17)
  02:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 08)
  02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
  
  I appreciate any help on this matter to get this small bug fixed.
  
  Dennis

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  mouse cursor gone

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The mouse cursor is gone when the GUI starts. The mouse itself is
  responding, but the pointer is invisible. Very annoying. I do have a
  workaround. One must simply restart the lightdm interface with the
  following command in the terminal: "sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm restart".
  Mouse cursor is suddenly visible again.

  -----

  Expanded Workaround confirmed by several users courtesy of Mark
  Kirkwood (mark-kirkwood-k) in comment 2:

  A. TEST

  1. hold down shift immediately at boot until the GRUB boot manager menu shows
  2. highlight the 'Ubuntu' entry and press 'e' to Edit it
  3. navigate to the line that begins "linux ..."
  4. navigate to the word "splash" and delete it
  5. boot using the modified setting by pressing Ctrl+X or F10

  
  B. If the test change caused the cursor to show:

  1. edit "/etc/default/grub/" (will need sudo/gksudo/kdesudo for elevated privileges); remove "splash" from the variable GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=. Save the file.
  2. "sudo update-grub". This will make the change to the kernel command-line that was done manually in TEST A.
  3. Reboot and test

  
  I've added the 'plymouth' package as a possible cause of the issue. It is likely more a case of the console being put into the wrong graphics mode to support the graphical splash.
  -----

  I am using an old ASUS A6000 A6V laptop with the following hardware
  information (obtained via "lspci")

  00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
  00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 04)
  00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
  00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
  00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
  00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
  00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
  00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
  00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
  00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
  00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
  00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
  01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE)
  02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
  02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3)
  02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08)
  02:01.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 17)
  02:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 08)
  02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)

  I appreciate any help on this matter to get this small bug fixed.

  Dennis

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