[VMWare] pointer invisible after update in guest Kali

After running a apt upgrade in your kali vm in VMWare, you might have been surprised to see your cursor disappear.

Solution

You need to disable the HWCursor setting in you kali VM. To do so:

1. create a Xorg configuration override:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-vmware.conf

2. add the following in the file

Section "Device"
    Identifier "VMware SVGA"
    Driver "vmware"
    Option "HWCursor" "off"
EndSection

3. save :wq and reboot sudo reboot

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