Mouse cursor on kivy is hidden when .py runs as startup on RASPBIAN STRETCH LITE

Question

I'm new in Kivy and this question might be silly, but I need to fix this issue.

I have a Kivy app running on raspberry pi stretch lite. I set config.ini for Kivy mouse and it is working as long as it runs by:

python KivyTest.py

But if I set the file on startup mode doing this:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

...then write:

sudo python //KivyTest.py &

...before the exit 0

then after rebooting, py runs automatically but on this mode, the mouse is hidden and I can not see it. while it has an effect on buttons on Kivy app when I click it.

Does anyone know what is the problem?

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Answer 1

Since you are executing your application at startup in "/etc/rc.local" with "sudo" which means as a root-user, you need to make the same modifications to the "config.ini" file for showing the cursor in the following path:

/root/.kivy/config.ini

as you did for "config.ini" in:

~/.kivy/config.ini

PS The tilde (~) symbol stands for your home directory.