Comment 0 for bug 1238410

On fresh boots the greeter & desktop may have the cursor visible or may not until mouse is moved.
On a log out/in the cursor is almost always invisible until mouse is moved.

This is all well & good, maybe some intentional aesthetics/design , however sometimes the cursor never becomes visible.
In that case hitting some keys or context menu can cause it to show, though most times a log out is needed.
(with the removal of ctrl+alt+delete > log out this means most users will need to either blindly find the session indicator or hit power button.

When the g-s-d cursor plugin is disabled then the cursor is always visible, it the plugin has no use in an ubuntu session then maybe it should be default disabled

There is also the possibility, particularly on ssd drives, of a login with no session indicator. This occasionally combines with no visible cursor.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.18-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 11 00:38:16 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-03 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20131002)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)