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marmistrz

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Registered: 2016-01-05

Posts: 129

LightDM - the cursor disappears after logging out

I noticed a problem in my installation. I have Cinnamon + LightDM installed. I start the system. The LightDM login prompt appears as usually. I log in. Log out. And then the cursor disappears.

One can input the password, log in. The pointer works as it should (you can click stuff) but there is simply no cursor image.

When being in the cursorless mode I tried changing the cursor, from Vanilla-DMZ to Adwaita - but this is not a fix.

I have set up my default cursor theme in the following way in `/usr/share/icons/default/index.theme`:

[Icon Theme]
Inherits=Vanilla-DMZ

Do you have any ideas why this happens?

Liquen

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Registered: 2009-01-04

Posts: 40

Re: LightDM - the cursor disappears after logging out

I got this issue fixed by adding a new config file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ containing the following:

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Device0"
	Driver		"intel"
	Option		"AccelMethod" "uxa"
	Option		"SWCursor"    "on"
EndSection

Interestingly, this also solved an annoying blinking in lightdm locker.

Credits: https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=32028.0