https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:33:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/I upgrade from 14.04.1 to 14.10 and reboot. In login screen and unity cursor is presence but when I logged in i3wm cursor is disappear.Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:56:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?comment=4847#comment-4847I changed cursor theme but cursor stay invisible in i3wm and only in i3wm.Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:09:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?comment=4847#comment-4847https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?comment=4845#comment-4845Is it gone everywhere or just on the background whithout any windows on the workspace? That is, if you open an application, is the cursor visible again?Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:02:18 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?comment=4845#comment-4845https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?comment=4846#comment-4846Cursor not visible everywere but it working. I mean cursor is just invisible.Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:07:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?comment=4846#comment-4846https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?comment=4891#comment-4891Both of the solutions below work, but several other things stopped working after my upgrade and the only way to make everything work again is to use `unity-settings-daemon` instead of `gnome-settings-daemon`Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:49:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?comment=4891#comment-4891https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?answer=4852#post-id-4852I had the same problem. Solved it by starting unity-settings-daemon instead of gnome-settings-daemon at startup. Here is the line I put to ~/.i3/config: exec --no-startup-id unity-settings-daemonSun, 26 Oct 2014 11:17:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?answer=4852#post-id-4852https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?comment=5908#comment-5908I had the same problem - no mouse cursor visible in i3 on Ubuntu after an upgrade. Adding this to my config file and restarting fixed the problem. Thanks.Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:33:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?comment=5908#comment-5908https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?answer=4848#post-id-4848This problem solved by gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active false in console Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:15:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4843/cursor-has-disappeared-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-1410/?answer=4848#post-id-4848