From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 4 20:56:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F37D916A4CE for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:56:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cello.qnet.com (cello.qnet.com [209.221.193.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD1F43D46 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:56:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stork@qnet.com) Received: from heredity2000p (66-42-105-180.lsan.dial.qnet.com [66.42.105.180]) by cello.qnet.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i84Kudsj021327 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 13:56:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200409042056.i84Kudsj021327@cello.qnet.com> From: "Paul Smith" To: Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 14:01:09 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C49287.A8594740" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AcSSXdeXH83mrS+0SYeJnSbhjDDg+A== X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: 0000000083EA75694EBEE6479FD17653560C4E6E04652200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Mouse pointer invisible in Gnome2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 20:56:51 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C49287.A8594740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I installed 4.10 with XF86 4.3 and Gnome2 on my IBM Thinkpad 600X laptop, which has a Neomagic video card. I used ncurses to configure /etc/X11/XF86Config. Everything went fine except when I brought up Gnome the mouse pointer was nowhere to be seen. The mouse was working because when I moved it icons it evidently passed across would light up. The mouse pointer was invisible. On the same machine 5.2.1 freezes up when I xinit. Control-Alt-Backspace, Alt-F2 and all other commands known to me do nothing. To close it I had to unplug the power cable and remove the battery, not a preferred method to shut down. Red Hat 9 installs and runs perfectly (apart from the Lucent modem), and Gnome has a mouse pointer! An OS from Redmond which will remain Gnomeless installs and runs perfectly. I really like 4.10. How can I make the mouse pointer visible like in Red Hat? Paul Smith semenbank@yahoo.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Checked. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.749 / Virus Database: 501 - Release Date: 9/1/2004 ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C49287.A8594740--