[daip] Re: XAS cursor

[cjl at haystack.mit.edu]

Eric,

Many thanks, that makes it much more usable.

- Colin


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Eric Greisen wrote:

> cjl at haystack.mit.edu writes:
> 
>  > A quick question.  I am using 31DEC04 on a Redhat 9 system (XFree86
>  > version 4.3.0).  My problem is that the XAS cursor shape is not consistent
>  > (changes during the same execution), and is never a useful shape (like
>  > number 34, the crosshairs).  I followed the instructions for .Xdefaults
>  > and the AIPStv*cursorShape resource, checking that it appears in the
>  > resource list via xrdb -query, but the behaviour remains the same.
>  > 
>  > Any idea what's wrong?
>  > 
> Only partly - we have had this problem too.  The following allows you
> to control shape (but not color except for certain shapes).  The
> hardware cursor must be disabled and a software cursor allowed.
> 
> Here's an example from XF86Config for RH9:
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "nv"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
>         Option      "hw cursor" "off"
> 
> Eric Greisen
> 
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