Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:23:08 +0300 From: "Ivan \"Rambius\" Ivanov" <rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with X mouse pointer Message-ID: <89ce7f740609241223n453147c7vaf550ca844dea99f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <89ce7f740609241045l6a21b270s7a385599c190c86d@mail.gmail.com> References: <89ce7f740609241045l6a21b270s7a385599c190c86d@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/24/06, Ivan Rambius Ivanov <rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > After an year of successful using of FreeBSD, a friend of mine asked > me to install it on her laptop. The laptop is Pestigio Visconte 120 > with Intel 855 chipset. > > I installed FreeBSD 6.1 and run X with only one problem. The mouse > pointer in X is not a normal arrow, but a white big square. I can use > the mouse - the pointer, although a square, responds to moves and > clicks. I googled and I found some threads about "redglass" and > "whiteglass" themes and I have them in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons. Could > you please help me in adjusting the pointer in the X environment? > > I also enabled the mouse in the text terminals and it works fine - the > pointer is an arrow. > > I am attaching /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/rc.conf (with network > information masked) for completeness and uname -a gives: > FreeBSD ****.**** 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 > 04:42:56 UTC 2006 > root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > > Thank you very much for your help in advance. > > Regards > Ivan > Hello, I found the solution by accident. I enabled the following option Option "SWcursor" "True" in Section "Device" in xorg.conf, then I restarted X and the mouse pointer was fine. Regards Ivan -- Tangra Mega Rock: http://www.radiotangra.com
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