Awesome WM + Gnome 3 = mouse disappears

dohko · 2013-10-19 19:53:10

Hello everyone,

I just installed a new box with Arch and as my usual setup, installed Awesome WM with Gnome. This is usually a simple process, but this last time my mouse cursor isn't visible when I'm in Awesome. The cursor is there, I can click stuff, but it's just invisible. I've done my obligatory googling but nothing came up that would help.

If anyone has any ideas, I'm glad to hear them.

therico · 2013-10-19 22:39:25

I am also seeing this. The cursor is visible in gdm and vanilla gnome 3, but not awesome VM. I suggest trying awesome without any other startup programs, e.g. gnome-settings daemon. (Haven't got time to investigate it right now)

schlenderer · 2013-10-20 13:42:24

I had the exact same problem. You need to set the cursor - active to false. Either with dconf-editor in /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/cursor/ uncheck active or via terminal with

dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/cursor/active false

therico · 2013-10-20 14:45:02

Thanks, that did the trick!

clfarron4 · 2013-11-02 22:38:29

Yup, I can confirm this works for me.

@dohko: If this solution works for you, could you please mark the thread [SOLVED]?

mauriciootta · 2014-01-08 22:04:56

I can confirm that works for me too. Except I had to do it through blind clicking....

This error happened while using the commnd line option:
error: Error spawning command line 'dbus-launch --autolaunch=49844e252d1a41d0aae184e0d0efe00e --binary-syntax --close-stderr': Child process exited with code 1

I do see my cursor as of now, though

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#1 2013-10-19 19:53:10

Awesome WM + Gnome 3 = mouse disappears

#2 2013-10-19 22:39:25

Re: Awesome WM + Gnome 3 = mouse disappears

#3 2013-10-20 13:42:24

Re: Awesome WM + Gnome 3 = mouse disappears

#4 2013-10-20 14:45:02

Re: Awesome WM + Gnome 3 = mouse disappears

#5 2013-11-02 22:38:29

Re: Awesome WM + Gnome 3 = mouse disappears

#6 2014-01-08 22:04:56

Re: Awesome WM + Gnome 3 = mouse disappears

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