This is because there is a brief gap when the window manager starts
where the xsplash window disappears. There's nothing xsplash can do
here.
** Changed in: xsplash (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Won't Fix
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cusor still show for about a second during xsplash startup
https://bugs.launchpad.net/
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33356902/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: "XsessionErrors.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33356903/XsessionErrors.txt
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cusor still show for about a second during xsplash startup
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs