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To: Steve Austin <indydog125@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: still having mouse problems on FBSD 4.4 release 
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Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 12:10:59 +0000
From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
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In message <20011118042457.18116.qmail@web20408.mail.yahoo.com>, Steve Austin w
rites:
>When I run startx, and enter into the window manager
>(Gnome, Windowmaker, fvwm - I've tried all of these so
>I don't think it is a window manager problem) no mouse
>pointer shows up on the screen, yet I can move the
>mouse about and icons and windows will become
>highlighted. I can click on the icons and get

This sounds like your video card isn't fully supported by X; marginal
support can explain a large selection of weird effects like this.

If the X driver you are using supports the "sw_cursor" option, it
will probably work around this problem. Look for a section in
/etc/XF86Config beginning with

	Section "Device"

(there may be many, so some trial and error possibly required), and
within that section, add:

	Option "sw_cursor"

Details about other driver options may be found in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/.

Another option would be to try installing XFree86 v4.X as a package
from the CD - there is probably some documentation somewhere
describing what's involved in switching from XFree 3.3.X to 4.X.

Ian

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