Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Easy as the summary. I'm using ubuntu 10.04, Mouse pointer is not visible, but it still works. Indeed, it's possible to reach the upper-left corner and display the menu.
There is always an ongoing discussion about this problem, whose link is https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/108987
Here's what I did.
1) Just upgraded to xserver-xorg-video-intel version 2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5;
2) Rebooted, entered password on the login screen. Most of the time pointer is still visible;
3) Ubuntu login sound played untidy;
4) Gnome desktop as always but no mouse is visible. Mouse still works, but pointer not visible.
There is a temporary work-around: use the command
$ lshw -C display
This makes the pointer to reappear, but just until the next reboot. Here below the output of the command
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f0000000-f7ffffff(prefetchable) memory:f8400000-f847ffff
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 16 23:14:27 2010
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] Nessun file o directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
Lsusb:
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04fc:05d8 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0baf:0118 U.S. Robotics U5 802.11g Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Compaq Evo D510 SFF
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=417d51ff-4665-4b5f-bc3a-f42a76d9691b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=it_IT.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
dmi.bios.date: 12/30/2002
dmi.bios.vendor: Compaq
dmi.bios.version: 686O2 v2.20
dmi.board.name: 07E4h
dmi.board.vendor: Compaq
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: FRB3160LK8
dmi.chassis.type: 15
dmi.chassis.vendor: Compaq
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnCompaq:bvr686O2v2.20:bd12/30/2002:svnCompaq:pnEvoD510SFF:pvr:rvnCompaq:rn07E4h:rvr:cvnCompaq:ct15:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Evo D510 SFF
dmi.sys.vendor: Compaq
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-23-generic
Hm. Does adding “blacklist vga16fb” to the kernel command line make the pointer work for that boot? We had problems early in the 10.04 development cycle which got triggered by the interaction of vga16fb and lshw -C.
Please give that a try and post your dmesg log.