I was able to get the cursor to show after suspend and optionally eliminate screen graphics tearing on my gateway lt3103u running 10.04 in this manner:
save your work as this will restart X and close all windows, use with caution or you can screw up your X display ctl alt f6 -start a root shell sudo bash service gdm stop Xorg -configure note where xorg.conf.new is generated in the information listed service gdm start -back to a root shell sudo bash cp <path where it was generated>/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf Add the appropriate Option in the section below: Example: Section "Device" #text cut for brevity..................................... Identifier "Card0" Driver "radeon" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]" BusID "PCI:1:5:0" #Option: You may not need this one if your graphics are fine: #This eliminates graphics tearing and jumbling on my gateway lt3103u Option "RenderAccel" "False" #Option: This allows the cursor to show after suspend Option "SWcursor" "True" EndSection restart computer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552058 Title: [915GM] Mouse cursor disappears when laptop lid closed _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp