[lug] Mouse Problems in X

[Trever C. Trader]

This is the Mouse section of /etc/X11/XF86Config

<Snip>
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "PS/2"
    Device      "/dev/mouse"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

#    Protocol   "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice

#    BaudRate   9600
#    SampleRate 150

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

    Emulate3Buttons
    Emulate3Timeout    50
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    ChordMiddle

EndSection

</Snip>

I don't see a HW Cursor variable, nor in my search for documentation have
I found anything for this particular mouse.




On 18 Aug 2001, Tkil wrote:

> >>>>> "Trever" == Trever C Trader <ttrader at treveronline.com> writes:
> 
> Trever> The problem is that when I go into XWindows I get a 1"x1"
> Trever> square for a mouse pointer instead of an arrow.
> 
> this sounds like a "hardware cursor" issue.  take a look in your
> XF86Config file to see if there's something about HWCursor you can
> change.  (the docs for your particular chipset driver should be
> helpful here.)
> 
> t.
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