Activity log for bug #876520

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2011-10-17 13:29:54 Dennis Rolke bug added bug
2011-10-17 13:41:46 Iain Lane affects oneiric-backports lightdm (Ubuntu)
2011-10-17 14:52:55 Sebastien Bacher affects lightdm (Ubuntu) xorg-server (Ubuntu)
2011-10-17 21:53:10 Launchpad Janitor xorg-server (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2011-10-18 01:35:57 Mark Kirkwood bug added subscriber Mark Kirkwood
2011-10-18 21:52:00 Bryce Harrington tags oneiric
2014-01-06 17:11:56 penalvch xorg-server (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Low
2014-01-06 17:11:56 penalvch xorg-server (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Incomplete
2014-03-08 04:23:23 Launchpad Janitor xorg-server (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Expired
2015-09-05 15:50:21 TJ xorg-server (Ubuntu): status Expired Triaged
2015-09-05 15:50:24 TJ xorg-server (Ubuntu): importance Low Medium
2015-09-05 15:51:15 TJ bug task added plymouth (Ubuntu)
2015-09-05 15:59:51 TJ description The mouse cursor is gone when Oneiric starts. The mouse itself is responding, but the pointer is invisible. Very annoying. I do have a workaround. One must simply restart the lightdm interface with the following command in the terminal: "sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm restart". Mouse cursor is suddenly visible again. I am using an old ASUS A6000 A6V laptop with the following hardware information (obtained via "lspci") 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) 02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3) 02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08) 02:01.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 17) 02:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 08) 02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05) I appreciate any help on this matter to get this small bug fixed. Dennis The mouse cursor is gone when the GUI starts. The mouse itself is responding, but the pointer is invisible. Very annoying. I do have a workaround. One must simply restart the lightdm interface with the following command in the terminal: "sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm restart". Mouse cursor is suddenly visible again. ----- Expanded Workaround confirmed by several users courtesy of Mark Kirkwood (mark-kirkwood-k) in comment 2: A. TEST 1. hold down shift immediately at boot until the GRUB boot manager menu shows 2. highlight the 'Ubuntu' entry and press 'e' to Edit it 3. navigate to the line that begins "linux ..." 4. navigate to the word "splash" and delete it 5. boot using the modified setting by pressing Ctrl+X or F10 B. If the test change caused the cursor to show: 1. edit "/etc/default/grub/" (will need sudo/gksudo/kdesudo for elevated privileges); remove "splash" from the variable GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=. Save the file. 2. "sudo update-grub". This will make the change to the kernel command-line that was done manually in TEST A. 3. Reboot and test I've added the 'plymouth' package as a possible cause of the issue. It is likely more a case of the console being put into the wrong graphics mode to support the graphical splash. ----- I am using an old ASUS A6000 A6V laptop with the following hardware information (obtained via "lspci") 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) 02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3) 02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08) 02:01.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 17) 02:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 08) 02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05) I appreciate any help on this matter to get this small bug fixed. Dennis
2015-09-05 16:00:03 TJ bug task added linux (Ubuntu)
2015-09-05 16:00:39 TJ linux (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2015-09-05 16:00:46 TJ plymouth (Ubuntu): status New Triaged
2015-09-14 21:50:20 penalvch xorg-server (Ubuntu): importance Medium Undecided
2015-09-14 21:50:20 penalvch xorg-server (Ubuntu): status Triaged Invalid
2015-09-14 21:50:34 penalvch bug task deleted plymouth (Ubuntu)
2015-09-14 21:50:39 penalvch bug task deleted linux (Ubuntu)