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In article <1992Apr3.203625.3713@umbc3.umbc.edu> Polu Harinath writes:
>The cursor on the NeXTstation has begun disappearing on a periodic basis. It  
>comes back when I power off and power up the system.

Sounds like you are running an app which is not restoring the cursor properly
or is crashing while the cursor is disabled. You should see if you can find out
if there is such an application; if this is indeed the case then make sure
you report it as a bug.

However, for those times you do get stuck without a cursor and you definitely
need it: One way to get the cursor back is to send the "showcursor" operator 
to the window server... Here's how you can do this:

- launch Terminal
- when the window comes up, type "pft" followed by return. It should say
  "Connection to PostScript established."
- type "showcursor" and hit return; if you don't get the cursor back, type
  "showcursor" a few more times. 
- one you get your cursor back (you might have to jiggle the mouse to see it),
  hit Control-D to exit pft...

Again, this is no standard operating procedure, it's just some emergency info.
Of course, it's always interesting to try to launch Terminal without a cursor;
the right-mouse button comes in handy (if you have right-mouse menu enabled).

Ali, Ali_Ozer@NeXT.com