-- Le (On) 2008-12-02 -0500 à (at) 01:49:45 Tom Goldring écrivit (wrote): --

>  I  just installed SL 5.2.  If I bring it up with the graphical  login
> screen (i.e.  if runlevel 5 is set in /etc/inittab) then I can't see the
> mouse  pointer.  The mouse still works because I can select things  from
> the  menus at the top of the screen if I happen to move the mouse to the
> right place (i.e.  move it around until something gets highlighted).  The
> only  way I can get a properly working mouse is to edit /etc/inittab  to
> start  in runlevel 3, reboot, login at the console, and then run startx.
> But if I terminate X (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) and then run startx again, the
> mouse  pointer once again becomes invisible.  If anyone can tell me what
> is  causing this behavior and how to fix it I would very much appreciate
> the help.
> 

       Hello,

       I had the same problem with an Nvidia card which I solved installing :

       ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/51/x86_64/contrib/video/

       dkms-2.0.17.4-1.9.noarch.rpm
       nvidia-x11-drv-169.07-1.0.x86_64.rpm

       Hope this help.

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                               Robert FRANCHISSEUR

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