Not all Dell laptops have the A09 set up option, such as Inspiron 1150 support up to A07.
A simpler solution to the mouse pointer problem have been postded alread ... modifuing xOrg; but that does not solve the problem of disappearing icons (and many others) after stand by. -- mouse pointer disappears after switch to console or resuming from sleep https://launchpad.net/bugs/67196 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs