From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 11 21: 9:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au (pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au [202.14.186.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B9237B41A for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:09:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au (8.11.3/8.11.1) id g0C59Qw19717; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:09:26 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU) Received: from wf-157.aipo.gov.au(192.168.1.157) by pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au via smap (V2.1) id xma019715; Sat, 12 Jan 02 16:09:09 +1100 Received: (from anwsmh@localhost) by stan.aipo.gov.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id g0C59A000309; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:09:10 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU) X-Authentication-Warning: stan.aipo.gov.au: anwsmh set sender to anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU using -f Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:09:09 +1100 From: Stanley Hopcroft To: Scott Cc: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with XFree86. S3 Trio 3D 2X/XSVGA XF86336. has large square white cursor Icon. Very hard to use. Message-ID: <20020112160908.A245@IPAustralia.Gov.AU> References: <20020112144453.A453@IPAustralia.Gov.AU> <5.1.0.14.0.20020113025921.00ba7ff0@pop-server.nyc.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020113025921.00ba7ff0@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>; from scottro@nyc.rr.com on Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 03:01:18AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear Sir, I am writing to thank you very much for your speedy offer of help. On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 03:01:18AM -0500, Scott wrote: > At 14:44 2002/01/12 +1100, Stanley Hopcroft wrote: > >Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, > > > >I am writing to ask your advice about dealing with a large white (about > >1/2" - 1 cm side length) square mouse cursor with XFree86. > > > > > I ran into this and fixed it, after searching deja, by lowering (in > XF86Config) the video RAM from 8192 to 4096. (Same video card as yours) > > > HTH > Scott Robbins > A google search also suggested that the s3virge driver does not support a hardware cursor (and of course, hardware cursor is the default setting). Here is what got me going (ie add Option "SWCursor" to the "Device" section). > diff -c XF86Config XF86Config.bak *** XF86Config Sat Jan 12 15:12:28 2002 --- XF86Config.bak Sat Jan 12 14:53:40 2002 *************** *** 79,85 **** VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "S3 Trio3D/2X" # Option "no_accel" # You may enable this if there are # timeouts when starting X - Option "SWCursor" EndSection --- 79,84 ---- > Thank you very much for your help. Yours sincerely. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stanley Hopcroft Network Specialist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ '...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...' from Meditation 17, J Donne. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message