Re: Disappearing cursor problem with F18. FYi. (Solved hopefully).

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On Wed, 2013-01-23 at 18:10 -0600, Richard Sewill wrote:
> I installed F18.  Was previously on F15.
> 
> Overall, am pleased with F18.
> 
> Have old hardware, 1G RAM.  Was afraid to upgrade, but all is well.
> 
> I used KDE on F15.  Still using KDE on F18.
> 
> One thing.
> 
> Similar to F15, my cursor disappeared several hours after I booted up.
> 
> I added the same fix I used in F15.
> 
> I added a file, that turns off HWCursor for the nouveau driver.
> 
> rsewill@localhost:~ <3:1> $ more
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-local-setup-mouse.conf
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
> Driver "nouveau"
> Option "HWCursor" "off"
> EndSection
> rsewill@localhost:~ <3:2> $
> 
> 
> This is an FYI because this solution appears to work for me.
> 
> If anyone has a better solution, or a more approved solution, please speak
> up.
> 
> I installed F18.  Was previously on F15.
> 
> 
> Overall, am pleased with F18.
> 
> 
> Have old hardware, 1G RAM.  Was afraid to upgrade, but all is well.
> 
> 
> I used KDE on F15.  Still using KDE on F18.
> 
> 
> One thing.  
> 
> 
> Similar to F15, my cursor disappeared several hours after I booted up.
> 
> 
> I added the same fix I used in F15.
> 
> 
> I added a file, that turns off HWCursor for the nouveau driver.
> 
> 
> rsewill@localhost:~ <3:1> $
> more /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-local-setup-mouse.conf 
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
> Driver "nouveau"
> Option "HWCursor" "off"
> EndSection
> rsewill@localhost:~ <3:2> $ 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> This is an FYI because this solution appears to work for me.
> 
> 
> If anyone has a better solution, or a more approved solution, please
> speak up.

I had a disappearing cursor issue, but with Intel video. However it
appears to have been corrected after updating to the latest kernel and
video drivers.

poc


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