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Date:      Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:19:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      Santhosh Joseph <santhoshjoseph2002@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-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:  <20020114051902.67953.qmail@web13709.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020113025921.00ba7ff0@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>

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Try adding:

Option   "sw_cursor"

among other Options in the XFree86Config file

Good Luck !

--- Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> 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.
> >
> >The problem started when I replaced a Trident Blade
> 3D (intermittently
> >failing to start XWindows - driver messages, KB
> lamps flash and then
> >blackness), ussually on hot days) with a new S3
> Trio 3D 2X.
> >
> >Unfortunately the mouse cursor is now almost
> unusable (except for
> >switching between windows and obliterating typing
> in a white window -
> >when the cursor is over the window).
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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