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Hey guys,
Upgrading to sid went fairly well. One snag I hit is now after waking from sleep my mouse cursor is gone. The mouse still works but the cursor is totally gone. I'm using bl-lock. Version of light-locker is 1.7.0. Interestingly enough, the mouse cursor is totally visible in lightdm so I am able to use the mouse on the screen where I re-enter my account credentials, but when I am dropped back into openbox it is gone.
Workaround, for now, is to open a terminal and run
sudo unclutter -idle 1 -root -grab -visible
Last edited by cloverskull (2016-04-03 14:02:29)
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Try this:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
Then reboot.
Does the cursor re-appear if you `pkill compton`?
You can run the `unclutter` command automatically immediately after waking from suspend by creating a file at /usr/lib/sytemd/system-sleep/cursor-fix (as root!) with this content:
#!/bin/sh
unclutter -idle 1 -root -grab -visible
Then save the file and make it executable:
sudo chmod +x /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/cursor-fix
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@HOAS - You're a genius. Your first recommendation worked perfectly. I was hesitant to use unclutter, because unless it's manually killed after running it'll run forever, which just seems inadequate.
Thanks!
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You're welcome
Please add [SOLVED] to the thread title for the benefit of others.
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Hrm, spoke too soon. After a fresh install of BL with a quick update to sid this fix is no longer working. Gonna try another one of your methods.
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pkill compton worked. Strange.
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pkill compton worked
Which version of compton are you using now?
apt-cache policy compton
The BunsenLabs jessie-backports repository has a newer version of compton available, perhaps this has b0rked your upgrade process somehow.
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Thanks for the help.
ryan@razer:~/Downloads$ apt-cache policy compton
compton:
Installed: 0.1~beta2-1
Candidate: 0.1~beta2-1
Version table:
*** 0.1~beta2-1 500
500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Confirmed that if I comment out bl-compositor and reboot, everything works perfectly. But I have no compositing
Everything worked pre-sid.
Last edited by cloverskull (2016-04-02 11:26:51)
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Interestingly enough, if I use compton (default autostart file in BL for openbox), the mouse cursor is visible initially when I log in. Then once the screen locks, I move the mouse, the lightdm screen has a visible mouse, and then when I re-authenticate in lightdm to get my session opened back up, the mouse is gone. However, 'pkill compton' works.
Strange thing is, once I lock the screen again, and then unlock, the same problem happens. I have to fully remove compton/compositing from autostart.
Peculiar.
Anyone have any bright ideas?
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Have you tried using the latest version from upstream?
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Seems to have miraculously fixed itself. It must have been an errant package in the land of sid that has since been repaired. Interestingly enough, I didn't notice any warnings from apt-listbugs. Either way it seems fixed now, so on to the next strange problem (pulse audio!). Thanks for all the help @HOAS.
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Eh, still happens sometimes. Oh well. pkill conky it is, then.
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