Re: no mouse cursor unless manual X config 'Option "HWCursor" "off"' in Jessie [solved]
Brian composed on 2015-12-05 23:25 (UTC):
> On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 17:56:14 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
>> Brian composed on 2015-12-05 20:52 (UTC):
>> > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 12:38:38 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
>> >> Fresh Jessie installation about a week ago, TDE added last night. Normally
>> >> using startx rather than any DM, but DM when used, has no pointer either..
>> >> Mouse could be used to select and click, but no way to tell where pointer was
>> >> until it hovered something that changes on hover. Same problem in IceWM. I
>> >> have other machines that use this same Intel 945G/ICH7 chipset, so it's hard
>> >> to imagine why this is needed here but not elsewhere, nor in openSUSE
>> >> 13.1/KDE4 nor openSUSE Leap/IceWM nor Mageia 5/KDE4 on same machine. I've
>> >> never before on any post-XFree86 installation needed to turn off HWCursor.
>> >> Naturally as the problem is same in IceWM, this must be a Jessie problem, not
>> >> a TDE or hardware problem. Any ideas on how to eliminate need for disabling
>> >> HWCursor?
>> > Did the pointer work before you added TDE
>> I don't remember whether I tried IceWM before installing TDE. I rarely use
>> anything other than [K,T]DE except to determine whether a problem belongs to
>> Xorg or [K,T]DE.
> You could start from scratch and refresh your memory.
It was originally a minimal install to a systm with XGI video. Intel video
driver was not installed, so modesetting driver was used, otherwise working
well enough to cause me to neglect to inspect Xorg.0.log until after moving
the HD to a sibling machine to test. Using Intel driver the workaround is
unnecessary, thus no more installing is necessary. Reinstalling is for
Windows users anyway.
>> > (whatever that is)?
>> It's what KDE could have been:
>> https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Trinity_Desktop_Environment
> Ah; it's non-Debian. All the more reason to re-install Jessie and
> investigate.
TDE is no fly-by-night, available currently for these distros:
Debian (Stretch, Jessie, Wheezy, Squeeze, Lenny)
Ubuntu
Redhat/CentOS
Fedora
Mageia
Mandriva
OpenSUSE
PCLinuxOS
with at least one other nearly complete in the form of a live DVD.
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/How_to_Install_TDE
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