Pointer mouse disappeared after last night update
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Hi folks,
searched the forum and couldn't find anything similar to what is happening to my laptop after last night update/upgrade.
If i remember correctly, it was the latest 5.15.2 kernel patch.
Always do my routine
Code:slackpkg update
slackpkg upgrade slackpkg
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
reboot
updatedb
After reboot inoticed two things:
1) extremely slow to startx (at least 30seconds on a i7 processor with 32Gb of memory RAM)
2) once X starts, there is no mouse on the screen. I cant see the mouse pointer on screen anymore. It is there as I can see highlighting of certain icons when i move the mouse and, if I right-click the usual menu appear. I managed to updatedb moving through the screen until I found the konsole command line like a blindfolded but nothing happened.
Rebooted, nothing changed.
Disconnected the mouse and tried diferent USB port, nothing.
It seems that the pointer has become invisible or transparent so I managed to move through the system settings and changed the pointer icons (all by following just the highlights), nothing.
Logged in as root, still no mouse.
Same thing using the laptop mouse-pad.
However, when I log out of 'X', the mouse is visible as the usual 'square cursor' moving around the black screen.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
searched the forum and couldn't find anything similar to what is happening to my laptop after last night update/upgrade.
If i remember correctly, it was the latest 5.15.2 kernel patch.
Always do my routine
Code:slackpkg update
slackpkg upgrade slackpkg
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
reboot
updatedb
After reboot inoticed two things:
1) extremely slow to startx (at least 30seconds on a i7 processor with 32Gb of memory RAM)
2) once X starts, there is no mouse on the screen. I cant see the mouse pointer on screen anymore. It is there as I can see highlighting of certain icons when i move the mouse and, if I right-click the usual menu appear. I managed to updatedb moving through the screen until I found the konsole command line like a blindfolded but nothing happened.
Rebooted, nothing changed.
Disconnected the mouse and tried diferent USB port, nothing.
It seems that the pointer has become invisible or transparent so I managed to move through the system settings and changed the pointer icons (all by following just the highlights), nothing.
Logged in as root, still no mouse.
Same thing using the laptop mouse-pad.
However, when I log out of 'X', the mouse is visible as the usual 'square cursor' moving around the black screen.
Any suggestions?
Thanks