mouse pointer "missing" on login screen

Fri May 6 10:08:35 UTC 2022

On Thu, 5 May 2022 at 23:34, Jon LaBadie <ubu at labadie.us> wrote:
>
> I installed the server edition of 22.04 and subsequently
> added desktop environments.  The display manager is gdm.
>
> On the login and password entry screens I'm missing the
> icon for the mouse pointer.  Instead I have a semi-opaque
> white square.  Functional, but not very accurate.
>
> I don't know if I've missed a package or some config setting.

That is odd.

Is this on bare metal, or in a VM?

Do you have the `gpm` console mouse driver installed?

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