Updated to 2.15 but now have a random cursor

TDMPro2K

Since updating I now have a random cursor showing in the middle. There is no mouse on the system so I don’t know how I can get rid of it. Any ideas?

scumbelly

@TDMPro2K

Autohiding the Mouse Pointer

Install unclutter:

sudo apt-get install unclutter

You can create an .xinitrc script to run the tool.
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unclutter

But a simpler option is to add a line to the end of the file:

$ nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
…
@unclutter -display :0 -idle 3 -root -noevents

This will add a 3 second delay, before the pointer disappears from the screen when not using it.

TDMPro2K

@scumbelly Thanks I shall give it a try and see what happens

sdetweil

@scumbelly that’s interesting. the css hides the cursor typically.

scumbelly

@sdetweil

FYI

My ‘dev’ system hasn’t had unclutter installed. It has a mouse and keyboard attached. If my mouse is turned off (wireless) the pointer appears centered on the screen. When I turn the mouse on the pointer disappears.

Unclutter is installed on ‘playroompi’ and ‘garagepi’ systems with no pointer issues.

To verify if installed,

$ apt-cache policy unclutter
unclutter:
Installed: 8-21
Candidate: 8-21
Version table:
*** 8-21 500
500 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/main armhf Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

If not,

unclutter:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 8-21
Version table:
8-21 500
500 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/main armhf Packages

Cheers

sdetweil

@scumbelly weird. most of my systems do not have a keyboard/mouse and do not have unclutter installed.

no mouse appears over mm.

if I plug in a mouse, no mouse appears over mm

if I change the css, then the mouse appears
main.css

html {
  cursor: none

comment out the cursor :none;

scumbelly

@sdetweil

Your solution is certainly easier.

Thanks for the information.

Regards.

TDMPro2K

HI Guys, Yeah it only showed since doing the update to the latest. I had no issue before.

The unclutter worked and its not showing once again.
@scumbelly Thanks for your help…

Wenike

So, unclutter worked for me to hide the cursor but now I don’t have the normal RaspPi desktop and instead I’m in some Openbox thing. After some panic, I was able to figure out that I needed to right-click to bring up the menus (I use a Chromebook to VNC on and have a bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo that I use rarely if the Chromebook doesn’t work and the Chromebook has long-press to be right-click, which doesn’t translate very well outside of it). I’ve killed that autostart command and uninstalled unclutter (sudo apt-get --purge remove uncluter). How do I get it to stop going into Openbox and go back to using the desktop that I’m used to?

Wenike

@wenike Apparently, deleting that autostart file (or in my case, renaming it) caused it to be recreated and get the normal desktop back.