Invisible mouse pointer problem

[Karl Larsen]

Tom Diehl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed f7 on a new box. Once the machine is up and running 
> the mouse pointer disappears. The mouse is working because if I move 
> it carefully I can use it to navigate the menus at the top of the 
> screen. I was
> able to turn on the option to highlight the mouse when the ctrl key is 
> pressed
> which allows me to kind of operate the machine.
>
> I have installed all of the updates but I cannot figure out how to get 
> the
> mouse pointer to show up. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this.
>
> I am not running any of the nVidia propriatory modules and I would 
> like to
> avoid that if possible.
>
> Below is the output of lspci:
>
> [root at tigger2 pts0 ~]# lspci
> 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
> 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
> 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
> 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
> 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
> 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
> 00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
> 00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
> 00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
> 00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51G [GeForce 
> 6100] (rev a2)
> 00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
> 00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
> 00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
> 00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a3)
> 00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
> 00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
> 00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
> 00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller 
> (rev f1)
> 00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
> 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio 
> (rev a2)
> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 
> [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 
> [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 
> [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 
> [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
> 03:05.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
> 03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 
> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
> [root at tigger2 pts0 ~]#
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Regards,
>
    We need a lot more information about your computer. Does it include 
Windows? Does the mouse work there?

    I loaded F7 twice and then deleted it twice but the pointer worked 
both times.

Karl