About the workaround: I'm running a little bash script when my computer starts that does just what you cited there (through startup applications). However, that won't fix the issue when the computer resumes from suspend: the pointer is still relative.
If you want to fix this on your computer, you might want to look at this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1484156
Though the post is a bit old, it should still work (tell me if I'm wrong). In that post the author explains how to run a script automatically when your computer resumes from suspend. Combining this with the startup applications should fix the problem.
About the workaround: I'm running a little bash script when my computer starts that does just what you cited there (through startup applications). However, that won't fix the issue when the computer resumes from suspend: the pointer is still relative.
If you want to fix this on your computer, you might want to look at this post: ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=1484156
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Though the post is a bit old, it should still work (tell me if I'm wrong). In that post the author explains how to run a script automatically when your computer resumes from suspend. Combining this with the startup applications should fix the problem.