Re: [SLE] Disappearing mouse cursor

On Saturday 26 August 2006 11:52, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Saturday 26 August 2006 10:59, Carl Hartung wrote:
Also, if 'Ctl-Alt-Bksp' successfully crashes X, 'Ctl-Atl-Fn(1 thru6)'
should get you to a console where you can login as root, then 'init 3' to
drop to runlevel 3, 'Enter' to get your prompt back and 'init 5 && exit'
to logout root and log back into your desktop.

A much lengthier process than just ctl-alt-bksp since you're killing the
X session anyway.

'Ctl-Alt-Bksp' kills X (crashes it) without closing it down in an orderly
fashion. It's a useful 'escape hatch' (sometimes) when your desktop locks up,
but I wouldn't recommend it's overuse on a regular basis. ;-)

I was going to suggest just doing ctl-alt-f(n) to get to a console and
then immediately doing alt-F7 to get back into X. It *might* cure the
problem.

Switching to a console and back again is a great suggestion... just to see if
it 'nudges' the mouse loose... and is definitely worth a try.

Carl

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