Hello This happens whenever I restart
grep gpm revealed nothing, but I think you meant gdm3 debtop:/home/steven# grep gdm3 /var/log/syslog Mar 20 10:28:54 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): Debugging enabled Mar 20 10:28:54 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Done handling signals Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: slave (pid:1075) done (status:0) Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: Slave exited: 0 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: Finishing display: /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display1 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: respawning display :0 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: Unmanaging display Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: unmanage display Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: Killing slave Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: Disposing slave proxy Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: Killing slave Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmLocalDisplayFactory: static display status changed: 0 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: Managing display: /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display1 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: manage display Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: Preparing display: /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display1 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: prepare display Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplayAccessFile: creating xauth directory /var/run/gdm3/auth-for-Debian-gdm-XXXXXX Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplayAccessFile: chowning /var/run/gdm3/auth-for-Debian-gdm-lnmEUN to 112:124 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplayAccessFile: creating /var/run/gdm3/auth-for-Debian-gdm-lnmEUN/database Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplayAccessFile: chowning /var/run/gdm3/auth-for-Debian-gdm-lnmEUN/database to 112:124 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplayAccessFile: chmoding /var/run/gdm3/auth-for-Debian-gdm-lnmEUN to 0711 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmLocalDisplayFactory: static display status changed: 1 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: Running command: /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display1 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: Started slave with pid 17342 Mar 20 10:31:51 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: Setting slave bus name::1.93 on display :0 Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: handling signal 15 Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Found 1 callbacks Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: running 15 handler: 0x804d330 Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): Got callback for signal 15 Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): Caught signal 15, shutting down normally. Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Caught termination signal - calling fatal func Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GDM finished, cleaning up... Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplayStore: Clearing display store Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplayStore: Unreffing display: 0x880f008 Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: Disposing display Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: Disposing slave proxy Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSlaveProxy: Killing slave Mar 20 10:31:53 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmCommon: sending signal 15 to process 17342 Mar 20 10:31:55 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmCommon: process (pid:17342) done (status:0) Mar 20 10:31:55 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmLocalDisplayFactory: Display 0x880f008 disposed Mar 20 10:31:55 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmDisplay: Finalizing display: /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Display1 Mar 20 10:31:55 debtop gdm3[1059]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Finalizing signal handler debtop:/home/steven# When I tried to: resart gdm3, the screen just went blank and stayed that way. --- On Sun, 3/20/11, Steven Sciame <sasci...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Steven Sciame <sasci...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011, 2:20 PM If I Suspend the laptop and then wake it back up, then the invisible mouse pointer appears. Does this help diagnose the problem? I got the idea from this: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=61447 --- On Sun, 3/20/11, Steven Sciame <sasci...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Steven Sciame <sasci...@yahoo.com> Subject: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011, 12:05 PM Hello, I hope this is the correct place to continue my search for how to turn the mouse pointer back on after upgrading to 6.0.1 It was working perfectly then I rebooted after the upgrade. Ever since then I have had no mouse pointer. Changing the themes has no effect. I am using GNOME. Any help would be much appreciated. -Steven
