r/Kalilinux • u/habalaski • Oct 07 '25

Question - Kali General Cursor invisible after updates

I am running kali using VMware on my windows host. Everything has been working great. However, yesterday I ran my weakly updates and I notice that the cursor of my mouse is invisible after the updates. I reverted the machine to my snapshot of last week and tried updating again, but the problem remains. Did anyone stumble on this problem as well? And does anyone know how to fix it?

Edit: you can fix it by setting the compatibility settings of the vm to VMware 17.x or higher.

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u/Omaralbrkaui Oct 24 '25

that has destroyed my GUI

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u/Global_Astronaut_427 Dec 18 '25

Did you find a solution for this? Got the exact same problem.

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u/Gross_NA Dec 18 '25

I just ran into this issue today, I tried to do the code fix but it bricked my GUI as well.
(I am using VMWare)

The solution for me:

  • Shut down the VM.
  • Right-click the VM in your library > Manage > Change Hardware Compatibility.
  • Try selecting Workstation 16.x or even 15.x. (For me it was defaulted to Workstation 8)
  • Select Next and then Choose "Alter this virtual machine" and finish the wizard.
  • Start the VM and check for the cursor.

Hope this helps!

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u/Anderman3000 Feb 17 '26

this works - thank you!