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Re: mouse pointer does not show



Marvin Aguero wrote:

Guys,
I've installed debian "woody" on my computer but I am experiencing a weird problem. The mouse pointer does not show on the screen. I can say that it's been working, in the sense what if I move the mouse randomly, I can see the different buttons changing colors. But I cannot see where the mouse pointer is. This is sad. :) Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've playing around with the configuration to no avail. :-( TIA, -Marvin

Are you running gpm (the console (non-X) mouse driver)? If so, get that set up with the proper mouse location and protocol, and set it to repeat as "raw", then set up X to use the same protocol, but use "gpmdata" as the location.

If you're not running gpm, it's a matter of getting the proper protocol. You can play with this by running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" (or is it "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common"? -- one or the other).

The protocol and location depends on what type of mouse you have. Let us know that detail, and we might can guide you a bit further.

--
Kent West (westk@acu.edu)





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