[CLUE-Tech] [Fwd: White square instead of mouse cursor in KDE and Gnome...]

Wed Sep 20 11:32:45 MDT 2000

> From: Match Grun <match at dimensional.com>
> To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
> References: <200009191800.MAA32744 at clue.techangle.com>
> 
> I have not tested XFree 4.x but 3.x had this problem with specific
> video cards. I seem to remember that Cirrus cards suffered from
> this problem. I posted this fix one some months ago. Maybe the
> same fix can be applied. With 3.x there are a couple of settings in
> the XF86config file, which can be modified.
> 
> For more information refer to the README files in:
> 
>     /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc
> 
> Take a look at the doc file for README.cirrus or whichever is
> appropriate for your card.
> 
> In the "Device" Section, the offending entries are one or both of
> the following:
> 
>     Option "no_bitblt"
>     Option "sw_cursor"
> 
> Just experiment unitl you get the correct one.
> 
> Match
> 
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> >   1. White square instead of mouse cursor in KDE and Gnome... (celttechie (Brian Jarrett))
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> > From: "celttechie \(Brian Jarrett\)" <celttechie at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Clue-Tech" <clue-tech at ta8.techangle.com>
> > Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 15:09:04 -0600
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> > Subject: [CLUE-Tech] White square instead of mouse cursor in KDE and Gnome...
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> > I've installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine with a PS/2 mouse.  During X =
> > setup it asked if I would like to try v4.0 of X instead of 3.3.  I said =
> > yes.  Now, in Gnome or KDE, I get a big white square for a cursor =
> > instead of the customary arrow.  Is this because I had it install v4.0?  =
> > When I look at the X Server configuration, it seems to indicate that =
> > it's really running v3.3.  So the other question is, "How do I tell for =
> > sure what version of X is running?"
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
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