Unistalling the proprietary fglrx driver for Radeon worked. I just reinstall the xserver-xorg-video-ati and it's working.
The reason why I had the proprietary driver is that the radeon GPU would increase the heat to 85-90 celsius and drain a lot of battery lfie (seems to be ok with Jessie). 2015-05-01 18:27 GMT-03:00 Rafael Dias da Silva <rafael.dias.si...@gmail.com >: > Well, that would be another chapter of my long battle to fix my discrete > card. > I have an integrated intel device and a discrete radeon 700 series. > > I'll try uninstalling the proprietary drivers to settle with the open > source alternative (if it works I can even turn the radeon off with KMS and > stick to the integrated intel gpu). > > Thanks for the heads-up. > > 2015-05-01 16:40 GMT-03:00 Francisco M Neto <fmn...@gmail.com>: > > What is your GPU? >> >> I ran into something very similar when using the discrete GPU on a hybrid >> setup. If I use the integrated GPU the mouse pointer is there, but when >> using the discrete GPU it disappears, although the cursor *is* there just >> as effective as before; I just can't see it. >> >> From what I could gather this is an X.Org issue; perhaps your problem is >> related. I'm not at my computer right now but I can provide some links >> later. >> >> -- >> Francisco >> On May 1, 2015 10:47 AM, "Rafael Dias da Silva" < >> rafael.dias.si...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I tried that too. I even installed oxygencursors in order to have more >> cursors to change to LOL. >> I also tried stopping and even uninstalling gnome-settings-daemon >> (someone did it and it solved the issue for xfce, but that was on ubuntu) >> and I'm still stuck with this annoying problem. >> On May 1, 2015 4:03 AM, "Petter Adsen" <pet...@synth.no> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 1 May 2015 08:59:40 +0200 >>> Petter Adsen <pet...@synth.no> wrote: >>> >>> > On Fri, 1 May 2015 00:37:00 -0300 >>> > Rafael Dias da Silva <rafael.dias.si...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > > I tried a few more tips I found but nothing brings back the cursor. >>> > > >>> > > I have no idea what Jessie might have done to make it disappear (it >>> > > was working just fine after upgrade and before dist-upgrade). >>> > >>> > What DE/WM are you using? I had this problem with Enlightenment when I >>> > enabled "Gnome services on startup". >>> >>> Sorry. Didn't see the "xfce" part. Can you try switching mouse cursor >>> theme? >>> >>> Petter >>> >>> -- >>> "I'm ionized" >>> "Are you sure?" >>> "I'm positive." >>> >> > > > -- > Rafael Dias da Silva > "Il n'y a qu'une tristesse, celle de n'être pas des saints." > - Léon Bloy > -- Rafael Dias da Silva "Il n'y a qu'une tristesse, celle de n'être pas des saints." - Léon Bloy
