Bug#775877: gnome-session: No mouse pointer after login

[Cam Hutchison]

I've had this problem for about a year (from memory) on both Debian
and Ubuntu. My situation may be uncommon though - I run
gnome-fallback/flashback or whatever it is called now so I can run a
gnome desktop with fvwm.

I discovered my problem to be related to the gnome settings daemon
cursor plugin. Turning it off made my cursor come back:

$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active false

I can reproduce this (currently under Ubuntu, but I'll give it another
try when I get to my Debian desktop tonight) by setting that key to
true:

$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active true

I have no idea what this plugin is meant to do and I see no
detrimental affects from turning it off.