Cursor Dissappeared in X11

codynw42 · 2022-07-02 11:09:11

seth wrote:

If i log onto KDE x11 glxinfo will just say "Can not open display" or something similar.
You're running KDE on wayland. Try KDE on X11.

When i was getting that "can not open display" im 99.9% sure i was on x11. because i didnt really try using wayland but once i think. Could be wrong though.

I spent a while last night trying to articulate the exact issue but i wasnt able to explain myself as well as i wouldve liked to. I ended up installing vboxGuestAddons so i could use the bidirectional clipboard and paste my results of glxinfo and lspci here, doing so made it so my host cursor is visible when im inside of virtualbox so its a decent workaround for me right now i guess.

anyway these are results of lspci and glxinfo -B on kde x11 with no visible cursor.

lspci:

 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]
00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: VMware SVGA II Adapter
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
00:04.0 System peripheral: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Guest Service
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:06.0 USB controller: Apple Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)
00:0d.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)

glxinfo -B:

 name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: VMware, Inc. (0x15ad)
    Device: SVGA3D; build: RELEASE;  LLVM; (0x405)
    Version: 22.1.2
    Accelerated: no
    Video memory: 1MB
    Unified memory: no
    Preferred profile: compat (0x2)
    Max core profile version: 0.0
    Max compat profile version: 2.1
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 2.0
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: SVGA3D; build: RELEASE;  LLVM;
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 22.1.2
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 22.1.2
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16

Last edited by codynw42 (2022-07-02 14:30:38)

seth · 2022-07-02 13:54:49

Please use code tags, https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

im 99.9% sure i was on x11

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
loginctl session-status

doing so made it so my host cursor is visible when im inside of virtualbox

Wait a second: the issue only exists in a vbox client? That's probably different from the original issue.

codynw42 · 2022-07-02 14:35:38

seth wrote:

Please use code tags, https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode
im 99.9% sure i was on x11
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
loginctl session-status
doing so made it so my host cursor is visible when im inside of virtualbox
Wait a second: the issue only exists in a vbox client? That's probably different from the original issue.

Yes this is arch running in vbox. It says that in my original post but maybe i should have tagged that on all my posts related to this to avoid confusion. Ill install it on a separate partition on this computer this afternoon and see if the same mouse issue occurs. If it doesnt occur I guess ill just delete these posts since its more of a vbox issue.

Last edited by codynw42 (2022-07-02 15:22:54)

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Re: Cursor Dissappeared in X11

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