5.1.1 Invisible Mouse Cursor with nv Nvidia driver on LiveCD

[bricedue]

This is a bug report and a workaround. I have an Nvidia PCIe 6600 card which gets detected and setup properly. But the auto-selected nv driver does not display any mouse cursors. The mouse works fine with the desktop... except it is invisible!

WORKAROUNDS:

FIX #1: Select the vesa driver when booting KNOPPIX. Use the code 'knoppix xmodule=vesa' when booting.

FIX #2: After booting the Live CD, use the invisible mouse to open an xterminal. Use your favorite text editor to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf -- you will have to su since this is a root access file. Midnight commander (mc) is great for this.

In xorg.conf one of the last sections will look like the following:

Section "Device"
# Option "sw_cursor"
# Option "hw_cursor"

Remove the '#' from the "sw_cursor" line and save the file.

Then restart the desktop by pressing CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE, using the CTRL-ALT on the right side of the keyboard.

Fix #2 will have to be repeated each time you boot the LiveCD on the Nvidia machine.

-brice

[MacGyver]

Brice, thanks for posting this. I have the exact same problem with a BFG 6600GTOC AGP and your fixes worked!

[anuj_inurdreamz]

hey me too hav this same problem....
wat is vesa driver ? i dont hav any idea abt it...

"Use the code 'knoppix xmodule=vesa' when booting" where i hav to use this...

plz help me i m new to knoppix...