Can't see mouse cursor after kernel update

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Hi all,

I am currently facing an issue with my Fedora Cinnamon install (on VirtualBox), ever since updating my system and getting a newer kernel, I can no longer see my cursor – I still actually have one, I just cannot see it. This started with kernel 7.1.13, and going back I could still see my cursor; but since trying to fix it, I don’t have a cursor on any kernel.

The fixes I have tried in the VM include:
• Changing the cursor size and theme with gsettings.
• Resetting cinnamon with “gsettings reset-recursively org.cinnamon”.
• Updating with “—refresh”.
• Forcing a cursor with xsetroot.

I did notice that when resizing my cursor, at a large enough size (i.e. 72), I would be able to see the text selection cursor, but only in the terminal.

As for the VM itself, I have tried:
• Disabling 3d Acceleration.
• Changing the pointing device to/from PS/2 Mouse and USB Tablet. I have also tried disabling either of them using xinput to get Fedora to register a new entry.
• Reinstalled Guest Additions.
• Toggled mouse integration on and off.

At this point I still cannot get a cursor to draw on the screen, does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

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If you haven’t got too tangled up in F44 yet try F45 workstation and

sudo dnf group install cinnamon-desktop

The update of F44 Cinnamon spin was way too slow for me.

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I might have to try that to be honest, I reinstalled 44, updated my kernel, and the problem came back. I’d rather stay on 44 until release, however.
I tried running that, just in case anything was missing - nothing was found to be installed.