On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 17:56:14 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Brian composed on 2015-12-05 20:52 (UTC): > > > On Sat 05 Dec 2015 at 12:38:38 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Fresh Jessie installation about a week ago, TDE added last night. Normally > >> using startx rather than any DM, but DM when used, has no pointer either.. > >> Mouse could be used to select and click, but no way to tell where pointer > >> was > >> until it hovered something that changes on hover. Same problem in IceWM. I > >> have other machines that use this same Intel 945G/ICH7 chipset, so it's > >> hard > >> to imagine why this is needed here but not elsewhere, nor in openSUSE > >> 13.1/KDE4 nor openSUSE Leap/IceWM nor Mageia 5/KDE4 on same machine. I've > >> never before on any post-XFree86 installation needed to turn off HWCursor. > >> Naturally as the problem is same in IceWM, this must be a Jessie problem, > >> not > >> a TDE or hardware problem. Any ideas on how to eliminate need for disabling > >> HWCursor? > > > Did the pointer work before you added TDE > > I don't remember whether I tried IceWM before installing TDE. I rarely use > anything other than [K,T]DE except to determine whether a problem belongs to > Xorg or [K,T]DE.
You could start from scratch and refresh your memory. > > (whatever that is)? > > It's what KDE could have been: > https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Trinity_Desktop_Environment Ah; it's non-Debian. All the more reason to re-install Jessie and investigate.
