This issue was first reported by users on 13.04 and has lasted at least to 15.10. I am presently struggling with it on Ubuntu 14.04. On this release the "gsettings set" workaround does not work, neither does logging out and logging back in. There are a number of other workarounds discussed at AskUbuntu:
http://askubuntu.com/q/626078/177437 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1453538 Title: Invisible mouse pointer Status in unity-greeter package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: After system boot on login screen mouse pointer is invisible. I am able to click to gadgets but its blind clicking. I dont know where is mouse pointer. When I'm switch to virtual console (CTRL+ALT+F1) and type sudo service lightdm restart command LightDM restarts and mouse pointer back to normal. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: lightdm 1.14.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-17.17-lowlatency 3.19.6 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-17-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun May 10 14:27:50 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-13 (85 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) LightdmConfig: [SeatDefaults] allow-guest = false SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-25 (15 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1453538/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
