Mouse cursor disappearing at every second boot Ubuntu 13.10

You can check this bug

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1238410

I'm no longer affected on a new 14.04 dev install but on my 13.10 install from 2 weeks prior to release it still could happen

For the 13.10 install disabling the gnome-settings-daemon cursor plugin has proved effective. To try, in terminal

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active false

To re-enable just run same command but use true instead of false

settings - displays - disable unknown display. it works for me