Comment 27 for bug 260630

I am also experiencing this in jaunty but I have found a work around. If I start kstars with the following I get a cursor over the map:
kstars --graphicssystem raster

This is a QT option and is not specific to kstars.
I'm not sure if it helps explain the root cause, but it at least provides a solution.

$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)