For some reason, the mouse pointer on my Ubuntu 10.04 PC disappears after the computer is woken up from suspend. That PC is missing a keyboard, so I can fix this by logging via ssh, and issuing:
sudo service gdm restart
… however, this basically restarts gnome, and will close any applications that may have been running.
Another way to solve this is to set up that PC as a synergy slave – and then move the mouse from the synergy master to the slave desktop; this brings the mouse pointer back.
Is it possible to run some command, such that I don't need to restart X (or gdm) but I'll effectively restart the mouse pointer code? Then I could put this into a script on the desktop, and be able to recover the mouse pointer after suspend without needing a second machine (even with the mouse pointer invisible, mouseovers on icons are still rendered, so I could target this icon).
Best Answer
this may fix the problem.
If you are stuck with no mouse movement on your laptop (touchpad) then press the key combinations Alt+F2 and type in
Type in the password, press enter, and then press Alt+F2 again for entering the following
Thats it. Your mouse pointer will start working again.
If you like to do it through the terminal, then type in gnome-terminal after pressing Alt+F2 When the terminal open up type the following
or
If your usb mouse is getting stuck, then use the following command after pressing Alt+F2