Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:56:24 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: marwan@q8internet.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse for 4.2 Message-ID: <20010611085623.B24358@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <F133gUSp3sJWGYdRGy900012f6d@hotmail.com>; from dead_line@hotmail.com on Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 09:33:53AM -0000 References: <F133gUSp3sJWGYdRGy900012f6d@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 09:33:53AM -0000, Dead Line wrote:
>
> Hello Jonathan,
> Do you mean i should set this Option "SWCursor"
> In my kernel and recompile?
> If not then please can you give details? thanks you.
>
Nothing so drastic. You make the tweak in /etc/11/XF85Config (XFree86-4).
There's a section for invoking the driver for your card. Match for:
Section "Device"
And add the:
Option "SWCursor"
in there.
If you're using XFree86-3.x, you'll have to check the man pages.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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> Marwan
>
> >From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
>
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Iam on FreeBSD 4.2-Release, and Iam using the X.
> > >
> > > Everything is fine, But the mouse, Its working but its not
> > > appearing as a pointer or an arrow, Its coming as a Big white
> > > squere so when i move the mouse this big white thing is moving,
> >
> >Sounds like a buggy driver. You may want to add
> >
> > Option "SWCursor"
> >
> >in the Device section for your card. The default is hardware cursor,
> >which sounds buggy for your card.
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