Unable to see mouse pointer without mouse

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Pandya
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Iscritto: 11/11/2014

Yesterday, My mouse (hardware) stopped working and I removed (plugged-out) mouse. Then I restarted my Desktop-PC. Now mouse pointer is not shown on Desktop. In order to work-around, I've turned on Mouse keys but I can't see pointer on screen. So, How can I get pointer displayed on screen so-that I can work with mouse keys?

Mzee
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Iscritto: 07/10/2013

Hi Pandya,

How did your mouse stop working? Right now, I'm also having some issues with my mouse. Sometimes, a normal click is counted as a double-click and this behavior is really starting to get on my nerves. Maybe this could be related in some way as this bug seems to have been introduced with the recent updates.

pragmatist

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Iscritto: 03/03/2016

Have you played with the mouse settings yet? You can change the double-click time to something slower using those settings.

Mzee
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Iscritto: 07/10/2013

Surprisingly, the problem seems to be gone now after a simple reboot. I don't really know why; maybe it was a hardware issue...

Pandya
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Iscritto: 11/11/2014

Don't want to focus on How did mouse stop working. The issue is as explained https://trisquel.info/en/forum/unable-see-mouse-pointer-without-mouse#comment-98758

loldier
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Iscritto: 02/17/2016

Was it a USB or PS/2 mouse? With a cord or wireless?

Do you have a numeric keypad?

There's something here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/88948/control-mouse-pointer-with-keyboard-without-a-number-pad

Pandya
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Iscritto: 11/11/2014

It was USB mouse but now nothing to do with Hardware (Mouse). The issue is I can't see "Mouse Pointer". Note that Now, I've no Mouse (Hardware) and hence I want to control pointer with mouse-keys but the problem is Unable to see pointer on screen. I've restarted but mouse pointer isn't displayed.

In other words, In order to control pointer with mouse-keys by means of numeric keypad, We should be able to see mouse pointer on screen which is missing!

loldier
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Iscritto: 02/17/2016

Try with another display manager. Install Gdm if you have Lightdm now.

sudo apt-get install gdm

sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

Pandya
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Iscritto: 11/11/2014

Just tried installing and configuring gdm. After restarting login screen changed (as a result of gdm). When I login, mouse pointer displayed just for 2 seconds and then disappears again (before I reach to Desktop). So, still unable to see the pointer and work with it.

loldier
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Iscritto: 02/17/2016

Ok, then change back to Lightdm. If no cursor or pointer, reinstall Lightdm. It might be necessary to reinstall Xserver, too.

Before that, try Magic Banana's trick. Deactivate and reactivate Metacity's compositing.

https://trisquel.info/en/forum/window-resizing-issue#comment-91380

Pandya
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Iscritto: 11/11/2014

Ok, I've reinstalled lightdm and now, I can see pointer at login screen but not on Desktop. How do I reinstall Xserver? give the package-name. There is no package with exact name xserver. There are x11-xserver-utilities, xserver-common, xserver-xorg etc.

loldier
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Iscritto: 02/17/2016

I think it's this.

http://packages.trisquel.info/belenos/xserver-xorg

You need these:

xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xfonts-base xinit

Pandya
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Iscritto: 11/11/2014

Ok, I've done:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xfonts-base xinit

And packages are re-installed successfully. And I also restarted but still I can't see mouse pointer on the Desktop!

loldier
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Iscritto: 02/17/2016

It could be Metacity-related.

http://packages.trisquel.info/belenos/metacity

It doesn't hurt to reinstall that. I'm at my wit's end.

Try deactivating compositing.

catfishes

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Iscritto: 07/24/2013

Does this work? https://itsfoss.com/invisible-mouse-cursor-ubuntu-1310/

That link says to just do this in a terminal:

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active false

The first comment on that post has a different work around.

Pandya
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Iscritto: 11/11/2014

Yes, worked for me. Thanks!

By the way, is there any way to increase the speed of moving pointer through mouse-keys?

Pandya
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Iscritto: 11/11/2014

Just got it! xkbset as discussed here works for speed.

loldier
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Iscritto: 02/17/2016