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To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
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Subject: Re: moused & mouse pointer in 2.2-stable 
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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 08:59:20 +0900
From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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>  I use "vidcontrol -m on" to turn the pointer on, on a couple of the
>virtual consoles, and all seems well, but within a couple of hours the
>pointer disappears off of all the consoles.  "vidcontrol -m on" has no
>effect. Re-booting the machine gets the pointer working again.

The console driver hides the mouse pointer whenever text is printed or
the user types keys. Moving the mouse will get the pointer back on the 
screen.

Isn't this what you are encountering? 

Kazu

BTW, which type of mouse are you using, serial, PS/2 or bus?