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Hey,

i have a problem with the new VB 2.2 version.

After installing an new Ubuntu 8.10 version as a VM and installing the VAs everything works great.
Now if i want to activate the Opengl-mode all 3D-functions are working but my mouse pointer is invisible.
But it is possible to click the menu and everything else in ubuntu...the only problem is the invisible mouse pointer.

Do you have the same problem, are there any solutions for this problem?

thx for hlp.

greetz

Try a reboot or log out and back in, see how that goes. Sometimes you can just minimize the Guest window and the pointer will come back. I had it today too on one of my VMs, rebooted it, got the pointer back.

no sorry, thats not the answer... still invisible.

So at the moment you enabled 3D, it's a problem? Then don't use it . You might want to try to install the GA again. Might work.

Might want to check the amount of video memory you are assigning in VBox to the guest. I have gotten it to work as low as 64 Meg but it is much smoother with 128. Might also want to post you config. from host and guest as well. Makes it easier to see what the problems are.

Enable mouse pointer integration.

My VM runs smooth with Compiz-Fusion on 12 MB VRAM. Mouse is visible.

I had the same problem as you did, w00dy. I installed Ubuntu 8.10 in VirtualBox 2.2.0 r45846 on a Windows Vista 64 host. The mouse worked fine until I installed the Guest Extensions. Then the mouse pointer allways disapeared during startup; between the point where I could see the desktop background image and the point I heard the startup sound. The mouse worked well, I just could not see the mouse pointer.

Disabling the 3D support helped for me: Now the mouse works properly. To me, this seems like a bug.

I agree. Windows Vista host and ubuntu Jaunty guest: No mouse pointer integration; and no visible mouse pointer if 3D effects running.
But: Linux Host (Mint 6 in my case) and linux guest (Fluxbox CE version of Mint) all works flawlessly.
And: Windows Vista Host and Windows 2000 guest - again, all works flawlessly (but only with 2.1.4 guest additions as 2.2.0 guest additions removes networking somehow - read somewhere on the forum there's no DHCP server set up in 2.2.0).

You should not need to do this but it might help. Try adding this to your xorg.conf and see if the mouse works as it should.

Works beautifully, thanks

I had the same problem with Virtualbox 4.1.12 on a Ubuntu 12.04 system. The guest system is another Ubuntu system with a custom built kernel. The mouse pointer was working properly (i.e. I could click on buttons, select menus, ...), but I couldn't see it.

In my case, I solved the problem by including the psmouse module
With the psmouse module included, I can see the mouse pointer again.

In the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager

Under Settings/System

Ensure that the pointing device is set to PS/2 Mouse

Almost six years later, I'm currently experiencing the same issue as OP. I'm trying to run a Windows XP guest (on Windows 8) with 3D enabled, and mouse integration disabled since it does not work well in 3D applications. My cursor disappears when I attempt to use the previous configuration. If integration is enabled, then the cursor is visible, although yet again, 3d applications interpret its position is a very strange way. This appears to be true regardless of if the mouse mode is set to usb table or PS/2.

EDIT: I'd like to add, I'm running Virtualbox 4.3.20 with the same guest editions installed.