Comment 254 for bug 1568604

Zisu Andrei, do you have some instructions/link/whatever to solve this
manually under ElementaryOS Freya?
Thanks

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Zisu Andrei <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Hey Wolf,
>
> I believe this has been fixed in Loki (I wouldn't know, I'm running with
> oibaf's Intel drivers). The issue exsists in Freya since, I believe
> there was some update to 12.04 LTS's drivers.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568604
>
> Title:
> Mouse cursor lost when unlocking with Intel graphics
>
> Status in elementary OS:
> Fix Released
> Status in xf86-video-intel:
> Confirmed
> Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-xenial package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel source package in Xenial:
> Fix Released
> Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Debian:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> [Relevant details]
> This bug also affects Trusty and all distributions based on it, like
> Elementary OS Freya.
>
>
> [Impact]
> Mouse cursor is no longer visible after VT-switch for systems with Intel
> graphics.
>
> Switching VTs again may cause the cursor to become visible again.
> - Changing to vt1 then back to vt7 (ctrl+alt+f1 then ctrl+alt+f7)
>
> This is often observed in systems that lock the session and return to
> the greeter (including at least Xubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, and elementary
> OS).
>
> [Test Case]
> (Requires a lightdm-based screen locking solution)
> 1. Start a new session.
> 2. Lock your screen.
> 2a. You are redirected to the lightdm greeter.
> 3. Login/Unlock your session.
> 4. Cursor is no longer visible.
>
> [Regression Potential]
> remains to be seen
>
> ===
>
> [Original Report]
> Cursor is visible at unlock screen either after returning from suspend
> or just locking.
>
> After unlocking screen cursor is invisible.
>
> Changing to vt1 then back to vt7 (ctrl+alt+f1 then ctrl+alt+f7) cursor
> returns
>
> ====================
>
> no matter if you suspend or sleep, to swap or disk when you return
> from it, the mouse cursor is missing. you can still move the mouse
> and you can see (because it highlights the window) as you move it
> around. But the cursor is not displayed on the screen.
>
> i am using a lenovo W540 laptop. I downloaded the latest beta on
> april 8 2016.
>
> this is xubuntu using the xfce window manager.
>
> the cursor does return if i log off and log back in, but that actually
> defeats the purpose of going to sleep.
> ---
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-08 (2 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64
> (20160323)
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
> Package: light-locker 1.7.0-2ubuntu1
> PackageArchitecture: amd64
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6
> Tags: xenial
> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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