can't see my mouse cursor

genie3251 · 07-16-2006, 02:06 AM

hey everybody i'm new to the forum and i just installed fedora today and for some reason i can't see my mouse cursor it is very annoying having to do everything with the keyboard

thanks in advance

genie3251

ugenn · 07-16-2006, 02:20 AM

Is the mouse not working at all, or is it simply the cursor not being visible?

Free_beer · 07-16-2006, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by genie3251

hey everybody i'm new to the forum and i just installed fedora today and for some reason i can't see my mouse cursor it is very annoying having to do everything with the keyboard

thanks in advance

genie3251

Which distro are you using?

genie3251 · 07-16-2006, 02:32 AM

hey thanks for the replys i can use the mouse but i can't seee the cursor and as for distro what is a distro?

looking forward to your replys

genie3251

Free_beer · 07-16-2006, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by genie3251

hey thanks for the replys i can use the mouse but i can't seee the cursor and as for distro what is a distro?

looking forward to your replys

genie3251

Which distrobution of Linux r u using?

genie3251 · 07-16-2006, 02:59 AM

i'm notsure what distro i'm using i know it's fedora 5 is there a place that i can look for that

ugenn · 07-16-2006, 04:47 AM

I'd say it's either an issue with your cursor "font" or a display driver problem. Try switching to different cursors using your desktop control panel. Otherwise, try tweaking your xorg.conf. Most drivers support some kind of HWCursor option. Try setting it to 0 or "off".

weibullguy · 07-21-2006, 02:58 PM

Your distro is Fedora Core 5.

To solve your mouse problem:

1. Open a root terminal.
2. Edit the xorg configuration file

Code:

#gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

3. Revise the "Device" section to change/add the red stuff:

Code:

Section"Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge"
## fehlender cursor, hwcursor off rhb#182517
Option "HWCursor" "off"
EndSection

4. Save the file and exit gedit.
5. Log out of your session and log back in (you don't have to reboot, just log out to the XDM/GDM/KDM login screen).

You should have the pointer.

BTW, this happened to me in Gentoo and Fedora Core 5.