lost mouse cursor

Hi everyone. Switching from KDE to the text console and then back again loses my mouse cursor. I've tried rcxdm restart, dropping down to 2 then back to 5. . . The only way I can get the mouse back is by rebooting. I feel like a windoze user! Can anyone help me out of this embarrassing situation? OpenSuSE 10.1 x86-64 with nVidia 6100 Cheers and TIA Steve.