From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 24 19:23:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 1A69B16A407 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:23:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F56143D45 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:23:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rambiusparkisanius@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id o67so2158827pye for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:23:11 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=TcmrIooAKp7Xa0KSleHQflsqlABk1kFSRHo5jiccprn9aW93F465irZto1nbYCDERqJ5oK5xwzXPF96kQmQEBdWr5+Vma29ySEDbFmy7uZCH5Re62f60DOv9F/w3h0ViMrBtvgLUbYx0Vm8MMcS7zTd0ttpFC0050u0FmWJD3So= Received: by 10.64.131.4 with SMTP id e4mr41854qbd; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:23:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.115.2 with HTTP; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:23:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <89ce7f740609241223n453147c7vaf550ca844dea99f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:23:08 +0300 From: "Ivan \"Rambius\" Ivanov" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <89ce7f740609241045l6a21b270s7a385599c190c86d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <89ce7f740609241045l6a21b270s7a385599c190c86d@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Problems with X mouse pointer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:23:12 -0000 On 9/24/06, Ivan Rambius Ivanov wrote: > Hello, > > After an year of successful using of FreeBSD, a friend of mine asked > me to install it on her laptop. The laptop is Pestigio Visconte 120 > with Intel 855 chipset. > > I installed FreeBSD 6.1 and run X with only one problem. The mouse > pointer in X is not a normal arrow, but a white big square. I can use > the mouse - the pointer, although a square, responds to moves and > clicks. I googled and I found some threads about "redglass" and > "whiteglass" themes and I have them in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons. Could > you please help me in adjusting the pointer in the X environment? > > I also enabled the mouse in the text terminals and it works fine - the > pointer is an arrow. > > I am attaching /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/rc.conf (with network > information masked) for completeness and uname -a gives: > FreeBSD ****.**** 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 > 04:42:56 UTC 2006 > root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > > Thank you very much for your help in advance. > > Regards > Ivan > Hello, I found the solution by accident. I enabled the following option Option "SWcursor" "True" in Section "Device" in xorg.conf, then I restarted X and the mouse pointer was fine. Regards Ivan -- Tangra Mega Rock: http://www.radiotangra.com