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

[D. Stimits]

"celttechie (Brian Jarrett)" wrote:
> 
> -X version gives v4.0 and
> xdpyinfo | grep release gives me
> "vendor release number 4000"
> 
> So is there something with 4.0 that's causing a problem with my mouse
> pointer?  Is there a way to revert to 3.3 (even though I'd really like to
> get the pointer fixed?)

It is using 4.0 then. Someone somewhere mentioned the hardware versus
software cursor line...that might be the answer. The 4.0 server has
different XF86Config format than 3.x, I suspect it is just your config
file. Try backing up your XF86Config and copying the version 4 one to
that name (it was mentioned in some previous BLUG email a few minutes
ago).

> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Stimits" <stimits at idcomm.com>
> To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 1:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [lug] White square instead of mouse cursor in KDE and Gnome...
> 
> > > "celttechie (Brian Jarrett)" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > 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
> >
> > What do the following two commands indicate (the 2nd requires you to be
> > in X):
> > X -version
> > xdpyinfo | grep release
> >
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