>>>>> "Marvin" == Marvin Aguero <maguero@racsa.co.cr> writes: Marvin> I've installed debian "woody" on my computer but I am Marvin> experiencing a weird problem. Marvin> The mouse pointer does not show on the screen. I can say that Marvin> it's been working, in the sense what if I move the mouse Marvin> randomly, I can see the different buttons changing colors. But I Marvin> cannot see where the mouse pointer is. My guess is that your card isn't supporting hardware cursors properly (or the X driver is buggy). Try using the software cursor, which you should be able to enable by adding a line 'Option "SWCursor" "on"' in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 in the video card Device section. e.g., in my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, I have: ,---- | Section "Device" | Identifier "Generic Video Card" | Driver "trident" | VideoRam 8192 | Option "SWCursor" "on" | Option "backingstore" | EndSection `---- -- Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
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