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  1. #1
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    mouse cursor upside down

    I did a fresh install of kali linux on a new laptop. Originally the screen would be inverted on startup but would be fixed by using

    xrandr -o normal

    However, after

    apt-get update
    apt-get upgrade
    apt-get dist-upgrade

    the screen will load normally but the mouse cursor will be upside down and move in the opposite direction of my mouse pad. trying

    xrandr -o inverted

    will rotate the screen upside but will make the mouse cursor right side up and move in direction of the mouse pad.

    any ideas what could be the problem?

  2. #2
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    Same problem here on a ASUS T100TA transformer book.

    Updated June 2017 - The issue seems to be associated with gnome as it is configured in Kali 2017.1. I decided to install KDE:

    sudo apt-get install kali-defaults kali-root-login desktop-base kde-plasma-desktop

    Then chose it to load as my desktop environment:

    update-alternatives –config x-session-manager
    then, choose your alternative by typing number, press enter and reboot

    The mouse cursor appears to be normal and the screen is also not inverted (which was the case initially for Gnome until I ran xrandr -o normal).
    Last edited by GhostHack; 2017-06-09 at 23:05. Reason: Found a workaround

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