Public bug reported: After upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04. On-line, found a "fix:" CTL+ALT+F1 followed by CTL+ALT+F7. Also installing GDL. I don't know which worked, or if the bug is fixed, but I got the cursor back and haven't lost it again this session. We'll see what happens with next re-boot.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-49.55~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt12 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-49-generic i686 .tmp.unity_support_test.1: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Fri Aug 5 13:03:13 2016 DistUpgraded: 2016-08-04 11:21:46,242 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000] [10de:0185] (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-08 (209 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta i386 (20150805) MachineType: Shuttle Inc SB61V10 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-49-generic root=UUID=b91a374e-8f6d-4867-bc9c-67b191219830 ro splash quiet drm.debug=0xe plymouth:debug SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-04 (1 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/17/2005 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG dmi.board.name: FB61V10 dmi.board.vendor: Shuttle Inc dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd03/17/2005:svnShuttleInc:pnSB61V10:pvr:rvnShuttleInc:rnFB61V10:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: SB61V10 dmi.sys.vendor: Shuttle Inc version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160714-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Fri Aug 5 10:35:33 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3 xserver.video_driver: nouveau ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug compiz-0.9 i386 ubuntu xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1610410 Title: Cursor disappeared. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1610410/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ 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