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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg

Ubuntu 9.04
xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu18

When starting a new X session without a session/window manager, but only something basic like an xterm, the mouse pointer initially does not appear. However, moving the mouse up and left to be over the window makes it appear, even when subsequently moved off (which loses keyboard focus).
I confirmed this off a (KDE3, but that doesn't matter) Jaunty LiveCD in VirtualBox, so it's not my xorg.conf.
Hardy and Intrepid both displayed the mouse from the beginning; they also had a gray background, whereas Jaunty just gives blackness.

simple, universal command to reproduce:
startx /usr/bin/xterm -geometry 20x10 -- :1
or
X :1 &DISPLAY=:1.0 xterm -geometry 20x10

#:1 so it doesn't mess with your first X session
#-geometry 20x10 is necessary for people with only one, small screen, so the cursor doesn't start on top of the xterm
#startx requires absolute paths, but makes things easy
#starting X via second method, you have to kill the job yourself, but proves it isn't a bug in that part
attached screenshot
0 initial
1 mouse over xterm
2 mouse away

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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unmanaged X initially doesn't show mouse pointer
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403794
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