# Is anyone here running GC on Ubuntu? **URL:** \ **Category:** No Judgement\ **Created:** [November 22, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179 "2017-11-22T21:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bee/32/2160_2.png) [@Bee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Bee)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/1 "2017-11-22T21:32:15Z")
Is anyone here running GC on Ubuntu? I’m thinking of testing GC under Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi. First I want to know if anyone has impression of just running it under Ubuntu. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![bar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bar/32/10_2.png) [@bar](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/bar)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/2 "2017-11-22T22:06:14Z")
I know there are some issues with running Kivy on the Pi without using KivyPi but I don’t remember exactly what they are ---
**Author:** ![Bee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bee/32/2160_2.png) [@Bee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Bee)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/3 "2017-11-22T22:22:33Z")
I ran into that with the default stretch desktop, no pointer is visible. This would be straight Ubuntu on the PI so the hardware is irrelevant at this level. I appreciate the feed back any information is helpful before I jump in the deep end. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![dlang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/dlang/32/859_2.png) [@dlang](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/dlang)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/4 "2017-11-22T22:43:53Z")
This is because Kivy is in touchscreen mode instead of mouse mode. I don’t know exactly where to set this, but this is why you don’t have a pointer. ---
**Author:** ![Bee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bee/32/2160_2.png) [@Bee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Bee)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/5 "2017-11-22T22:59:42Z")
I’ve edited the config to force the mouse to use the touch interface on Stretch but nothing seems to work so far. I found the experience to unstable on Kivypi to make the PI a candidate. That is why I am looking to Ubuntu to see if it is a better experience. My understanding is the mouse should a the Ring where a finger touch is located. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![dlang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/dlang/32/859_2.png) [@dlang](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/dlang)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/6 "2017-11-22T23:33:41Z")
you don’t want touch mode, that hides the cursor. ---
**Author:** ![Bee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bee/32/2160_2.png) [@Bee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Bee)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/7 "2017-11-22T23:37:34Z")
I’m painfully aware of that … In Kivypi I can only see the mouse when it’s moving. It crashes because it times out finding the touch location. ---
**Author:** ![dlang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/dlang/32/859_2.png) [@dlang](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/dlang)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/8 "2017-11-23T00:14:45Z")
searching I found this: A bit of an old topic, but in case anyone abandoned Kivy because of this issue (like I did), I found that it’s been fixed! Mouse cursor support was added by way of the TouchRing module, which is a default addon module that allows you to see a ring around your touches (this lets you calibrate your touchscreen if needed, for example). You simply need to enable this module and pass it a command to enable the mouse cursor. Once you’ve compiled and installed Kivy, you will have a hidden directory in your home directory named .kivy which contains config.ini. At the bottom of this file is the [modules] section. In this section, add the line: touchring = show\_cursor=true Now any Kivy app you run will have a working, visible mouse cursor! You can ignore the old complaints about the keyboard not working too, since it works just fine as well. I’m working on a smart thermostat project that will make use of the upcoming Pi Foundation touchscreen, and now I can comfortably develop the UI while I wait for the screen to come out.  ---
**Author:** ![Bee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bee/32/2160_2.png) [@Bee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Bee)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/9 "2017-11-23T00:26:22Z")
I appreciate that. I have done that as well as cursor=1. I added this to the congfig.ini touchring = show\_cursor=true cursor=1 rebooted, no joy I also tried the [config.py](http://config.py) file This does work in Kivypi Thank you ---
**Author:** ![TheRiflesSpiral](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/theriflesspiral/32/20_2.png) [@TheRiflesSpiral](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/TheRiflesSpiral)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/10 "2017-11-23T01:29:56Z")
If you look through the old forums there’s a lengthy post from me that’s a detailed saga of me trying to get Kivy working on Raspbian (albeit Jessie). I never got the mouse cursor to show up. The Kivy community considers that issue “solved” and repeated solicitation for help went unanswered. ---
**Author:** ![Bee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bee/32/2160_2.png) [@Bee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Bee)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/is-anyone-here-running-gc-on-ubuntu/1179/11 "2017-11-23T01:37:43Z")
It is well documented, I spent around 10 hours researching the net on this. I then spent around 12 hours trying every combination I could come up of loading to see if it made a difference. I appreciate your pointing it out. I don’t know where the old forum is I’m only about 2 weeks in. Thank you