linux mint mouse pointer problem

[linux000019]

alright, im running a usb mint live persistent feature; no complaints. my issue is whenever i boot up, i have to run the nvidia-xconfig to reapply my drive, which isnt all that bad, except after running, then cntrl-alt-shift to apply; i am taken to the login screenw whereupon my mouse pointer is invisible. also, trying to add the HWcursor "Off" option into the xorg.conf file only makes the mouse cursor flickery, buggy, and altogether as annoying as a invisible pointer. what do i have to add to the xorg.conf file to make this work?

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Post the contents of xorg.conf file here.

[linux000019]

before i run nvidia-xconfig; after or before and after?

[linux000019]

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mint@mint ~ $ sudo nvidia-xconfig

Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".

VALIDATION ERROR: Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Device section "Configured Video Device" must have a Driver
line.

Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

mint@mint ~ $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Wed Oct 1 15:09:35 PDT 2008

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

mint@mint ~ $

[linux000019]

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[linux000019]

actually i rm/ed mint from my usb drive and went with slax; it booted up with the right resolution, kde l00ks g00d, no problems, seemed to detect all my hardware and correctly configure it by itself;

on a side note; before i deleted MINT, the Adobe Flash player stopped working, it could only load a video, then the flash window would either freeze or disappear, any idea what was wrong with it?

[D-cat]

The flash 9 that's default available to *buntu is buggy and unpredictable. The current flash 10 fixes most problems, though requires a stronger processor.