On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Globe Trotter
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I removed everything to do with gnome from my home directory but to no
> avail. The mouse cursor does not come back. Anyway, I think it is time to
> give up on SL for now.
>
> Thanks again for the help!!
> Best wishes!!
Wouldn't it be vastly more robust to give up on Gnome? Not kidding.
I've found Gnome to be a stunning tresource sink, fragile, and burning
numerous development hours working with something that was stable in
twom or vtwm for the last 20 years.
> ________________________________
> From: Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Globe Trotter <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 8:09 AM
> Subject: Re: mouse cursor goes missing on an installed SL7.2 system
>
> On 09/27/2016 06:31 PM, Globe Trotter wrote:
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>> *From:* Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
>> *To:* Scientific Linux <[log in to unmask]>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2016 3:59 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: mouse cursor goes missing on an installed SL7.2 system
>>
>> On 09/27/2016 12:00 PM, Globe Trotter wrote:
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>>> *From:* Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>>> *To:* Scientific Linux <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, September 26, 2016 4:12 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: mouse cursor goes missing on an installed SL7.2 system
>>>
>>> On 09/26/2016 03:07 PM, Globe Trotter wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have a strange issue with my SL7.2 installation, installed from the
>>>> LiveCD. My cursor can not be found. I went into to the tweak tool and
>>>> made sure that the cursor is marked "ON" but this does not seem to have
>>>> had any effect. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Check your Xorg log file in /var/log/ for any errors or warnings.
>>>
>>> I can not find any relevant errors.
>>>
>>> I
>>> suspect you might be running into a graphics driver/library problem.
>>> You can make a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to force the vesa driver for
>> testing:
>>> Section "Device"
>>> Identifier "Videocard0"
>>> Driver "vesa"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> This file did not exist for me so I created it with the above lines and
>>> rebooted. The GNOME Display Manager does not come up and hangs at
>>> "Starting GNOME Display Manager" and the graphical display does not
>> come up.
>>>
>>> Should I try 7.1 (where is the LiveCD for that)?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>>>
>>
>> Odd, what do you have for a graphics card in this system? What driver
>> did the original Xorg log file say was loaded? The Xorg log file should
>> also contain keyboard/mouse detection information. It may be that the
>> pointing device is not recognized. I'm not sure how it behaves in such
>> a case.
>>
>> Thanks! I think the problem is with my account since the cursor shows up
>> just fine before I log in. How do I scrub my gnome-settings (and start
>> from scratch)?
>>
>> Btw, my video card on this Dell Latitude E6400 is Nvidia G98M [Quadro
>> NVS 160M].
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>>
>
> I use KDE, so not sure where all of the gnome files reside. Check for
> dotted (.) directories in your home. I'm guessing most of them are in
> ~/.config , such as ~/.config/dconf. There may also be a ~/.gnome or
> something.
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