[arch-general] X cursor problem on new install

[Guillaume Brunerie]

2011/7/4 D. R. Evans <doc.evans at gmail.com>

> I just installed arch for the first time (trying it out since I am unhappy
> with the state of Kubuntu). I have, I think, followed the installation
> instructions carefully. Everything seemed OK until I tried to run X.
>
> The cursor is offset from where it should be. If I move the mouse to the
> right, the cursor stops about 2/3 of the way across the screen and won't go
> any farther. If I move the mouse to the left, the cursor disappears off the
> left hand side of the screen and reappears on the right hand side. It stops
> moving to the left a short distance from the right border on the screen.
>
> The display of windows on the screen looks fine; it's just the cursor that
> seems to be wrong.
>
> 1. I have tried two mice; both behave the same way.
> 2. I used wgetpaste as instructed at
>  wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#Graphical_User_Interface<http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide#Graphical_User_Interface>
> :
>    ~/.xinitrc does not exist
>    /etc/X11/xorg.conf does not exist
>    /var/log/Xorg.0.log is at paste.pocoo.org/show/428974
>    /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old is at paste.pocoo.org/show/428976
>
> Obviously, I need to get this resolved before proceeding any further with
> installing a desktop environment.
>


It seems you have an Intel graphics card and that the driver does not want
to start.

Have you read the page https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel ?
In particular you need to install the package xf86-video-intel and you need
to enable KMS to run X.