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1. Ubuntu Raring; plus saucy (main multiverse universe restricted) packet repositories are activated: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Raring Ringtail Release: 13.04 2. XfCE4.10: $ apt-cache policy xfce4 xfce4: Installiert: 4.10.1 Installationskandidat: 4.10.1 Versionstabelle: *** 4.10.1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe amd64 Packages 3. A KDE program or a program using QT-libs; here (3.1) kmahjongg and (3.2) qarte 3.1 $ apt-cache policy kmahjongg kmahjongg: Installiert: 4:4.11.0+git20130821+bzr878+pkg43~saucy1 Installationskandidat: 4:4.11.0+git20130821+bzr878+pkg43~saucy1 Versionstabelle: *** 4:4.11.0+git20130821+bzr878+pkg43~saucy1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages 3.2 $ apt-cache policy qarte qarte: Installiert: 1.8.3-0ubuntu1 Installationskandidat: 1.8.3-0ubuntu1 Versionstabelle: *** 1.8.3-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-vandevyvre/vvv/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages After starting kmahjongg (or other KDE / QT based programms, e.g. qarte) there is no visible mouse cursor. But clicking a button with the mouse works. 4. Workaround - Start KDE systemsettings (btw. there is no visible mouse cursor in systemsettings) - Choose "Erscheinungsbild der Arbeitsfläche" from "Erscheinungsbild und Verhalten der Arbeitsfläche" (2nd group from top) in english it should be 'Desktop Appearance' from 'Desktop Appearance and Behaviour' - go to "Zeigerdesigns"; 'Mouse Pointer Desingn' or ?'pointer design'? choose an other design for the mose cursor, click the 'Apply' button and voila there is a mouse cursor. Not only in systemsettings but in all running KDE programs and QT based programs. If you now start another KDE program it has no visible mouse cursor until you again explicitely choose a mouse cursor theme. So you have to do this again and again for every KDE/QT program started after choosing a mouse cursor theme 5. Starting KDE-Plasma Desktop all programms have a visible mouse cursor, no matter if its a KDE/QT programm or not. 6. Starting unity-desktop there is no mouse cursor at all 7. Starting Gnome-Desktop, same behaviour as in XfCE4.10, there is no visible mouse cursor in KDE/QT programs 8. I fiddled around alot until I found this workaround with KDE systemsettings. But due to the fact that unity-desktop has no visible mouse cursor at all and gnome-desktop shows the same behaviour than Xfce4.10 it might not be a KDE or Xfce4.10 Problem but a dbus problem? Dbus is: $ apt-cache policy dbus dbus: Installiert: 1.6.12-0ubuntu2 Installationskandidat: 1.6.12-0ubuntu2 Versionstabelle: *** 1.6.12-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages ** Affects: xfce4 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215761 Title: No mouse cursor; KDE4.11 programms running in XfCE4 don't have a mouse cursor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4/+bug/1215761/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs