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From: Steve Austin <indydog125@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: still having mouse problems on FBSD 4.4 release 
To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
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Ian,

The sw_cursor option addition took care of the
problem!
I can now see the pointer!!

Thanks a bundle :-)


--- Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> 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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