Distribution Upgrade Halts Cursor in X

[David Mohr]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>  Just upgraded my notebook from Slackware-12.0 to -12.1 and Xfce-4.4.2.
> However, when I start X, the cursor sits in the middle of the screen and
> will not move.
>
>  This has not occurred with prior versions of Slackware or Xfce. I'd
> appreciate some suggestions on how to identify and isolate the cause so I
> can fix it today. (I'm leaving tomorrow on a business trip and need to take
> that computer with me.)

This is almost certainly an issue with your distribution and has
little to do with Xfce (which at most got upgraded from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3
- a bugfix release). You are much more likely to receive help in
Slackware related mailing lists or other support channels.

~David