Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 12:10:59 +0000 From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> To: Steve Austin <indydog125@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: still having mouse problems on FBSD 4.4 release Message-ID: <200111181211.aa62564@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 17 Nov 2001 20:24:57 PST." <20011118042457.18116.qmail@web20408.mail.yahoo.com>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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