[Macpartners] invisible cursor?

[Atticus O Gifford]

I've had that problem as well, as well as an intermittent system freeze on
monitor connect/disconnect (that was fixed in 10.3.8 I believe).  I generally
don't experience the problem when I follow the Apple-approved (albeit slower)
method of:

1) wake up computer
2) plug in keyboard
3) plug in monitor

or

1) unplug monitor with system awake
2) when computer aligns to laptop screen again disconnect keyboard
3) close lid


If you run it with the lid closed when using an external monitor, add a step 4)
to the first sequence which is to close lid after going dual-monitor.  Wait for
sleep, then wake up with keyboard (e.g. shift key).


Now, the better news.  You don't need to restart, just hook up a monitor again,
and unhook it.  It works with just the dongle if you like (I have one at home
for just this purpose) which triggers the resetting of the screen (as it looks
for the new, but nonexistent, monitor).


-atticus




Quoting Beverly LaMarr <fergason at space.mit.edu>:

> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a G4 powerbook currently running 10.3.8 (although the problem
> was here in 10.3.7 too).
> 
> About once a week when the laptop wakes from sleep the cursor is
> invisible.  It still functions, the little arrow just isn't present.
> It comes back when I "restart".
> 
> Things that I've already tried (but haven't worked) are:
> 	- pushing the "detect monitors" button
> 	- logging my account off
> 	- killing the "SystemUIServer.app"
> 	- wait.  Okay, I'm not very patient.  I have waited but probably
> 	not more than several minutes.
> 
> Possibly relevant:
> 	- I am pretty sure that the problem has only ever happened in the
> 	following sequence:
> 		- running happily with a second monitor hooked up
> 		- close the lid to make it sleep
> 		- unplug the extra monitor
> 		- open the lid to wake it from sleep
> 		- cursor is now invisible
> 
> 	- It doesn't happen every time.  No more than 1 in 10 times that
> 	I do that exact sequence.
> 
> 
> Has anyone seen this before?
> Anything else I could try?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Bev
> --
> Beverly LaMarr                              MIT Center for Space Research
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