Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 07:42:16 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Austin <indydog125@yahoo.com> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: still having mouse problems on FBSD 4.4 release Message-ID: <20011118154216.7035.qmail@web20407.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200111181211.aa62564@salmon.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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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