Missing Mouse Cursor in Garuda Wayfire

Issues & Assistance Newbies
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So I am trying to install Garuda Wayfire on my pc however when I select the free drivers in the grub menu and boot into the OS the mouse cursor is not visible. The reasoning behind choosing the free drivers is that if I choose the non-free ones the OS does not boot it just stays at starting Garuda Wayfire. Is there any work arounds to make the mouse cursor appear?

System Specs:

CPU- Intel Core i7 7700

Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus IX Code

RAM- G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB DDR4 3200

GPU: Asus GTX 1050ti 4Gb (Nvidia)

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and

:slight_smile:

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So I have looked at that post previously but I am not sure as to how to apply that. Forgive me I am still kind of new to Linux as a whole. Any help is appreciated thanks.

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Why don't you ask how to apply this right away?

You can add

export WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS=1

in ~/. profile

micro ~/.profile

ibus-daemon -d -x
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/micro
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="qt5ct"
export GTK2_RC_FILES="$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0"
export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
source ~/.bashrc
export XCURSOR_SIZE=40.32
export GDK_SCALE=1.68
export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1.68
export ELM_SCALE=1.68
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I suppose I should have my bad :grin:. So in reference to ~/. profile how do I run the command there, sorry if I am not understanding like I said I am a noobie in Linux in certain areas. Just trying to get this figured out so I can install and learn more as I go.

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See above your post,
add the line.

Thats my i3 .profile, IDK how it looks in wayfire :slight_smile:

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I will give this a try, hopefully I can get it from my understanding of it. I am curious as to what would even cause this issue, I read it had something to do with the nouveau driver.

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Also is this done within the desktop environment or grub?

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"done within the desktop environment"

You put this in your terminal.

micro ~/.profile

enter

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Alright I will give this a go then. I'll respond in a bit of my findings.

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or

sed -i '$aexport WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS=1' ~/.profile

but read and test micro too, you need it often :wink:

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Does it matter where I put that line in the file?

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No
but if you use in terminal

sed -i '$aexport WLR_NO_HARDWARE_CURSORS=1' ~/.profile

it is on last line :slight_smile:

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Ok so I have done that and it worked, now do I just reboot and my cursor should appear? I am in a live installation btw.

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You’re in a live (transient/temporary/impermanent/…) environment so any changes you make will be lost after a reboot. This is by design, intentional, and not something which can be fixed.

Just out of interest, why did you choose the Wayfire edition as your starting point? It’s not what I would call a “noobie” choice?

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Right I'm aware as nothing is permanent in a live installation environment. And as far as why I chose Wayfire I liked the look and functionality of it, I'm coming from Arch linux installation I setup myself with the help of the wiki but I was just looking for a Arch based OS that had what I needed and maybe potentially learn more from it. I figured I'd jump into Wayfire. I know my way around some of linux functionality and commands but other areas not so much.

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But I'm having a separate issue where the installation process won't start now.

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Different issue, different thread. (Also make sure search the forum in case someone has had the same issue.)

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Read also about the terminal bash/zsh.
A “newbie” that installed Arch without know how from terminal, tz tz tz :smiley:

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