[lug] White square instead of mouse cursor in KDE and Gnome...

[Kevin Fenzi]

>>>>> "celttechie" == "celttechie \(Brian Jarrett\)" <celttechie at yahoo.com> writes:

celttechie> Hello all,

celttechie> I've installed Mandrake 7.1 on a machine with a PS/2
celttechie> mouse.  During X = setup it asked if I would like to try
celttechie> v4.0 of X instead of 3.3.  I said = yes.  Now, in Gnome or
celttechie> KDE, I get a big white square for a cursor = instead of
celttechie> the customary arrow.  Is this because I had it install
celttechie> v4.0?  = When I look at the X Server configuration, it

sounds like a server bug alright...probibly something to do with the
software cursor option that many video cards have built in. 
Under the "device" section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config file you might
have an option you can turn on something like "sw_cursor" or the
like. 

celttechie> seems to indicate that = it's really running v3.3.  So the
celttechie> other question is, "How do I tell for = sure what version
celttechie> of X is running?"

well, you might be able to do:

rpm -qa | grep XFree

and see whats installed. 
You should also be able to do a:

xinit >& foo

or

startx >& foo

from a vty (text console) and then look at file foo for version
information. 

celttechie> Thanks, Brian

kevin