Re: Mouse Pointer Problem

[Michael Heironimus <mkh01@earthlink.net>]

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 05:56:41PM -0300, Guilherme A. Mendes wrote:
> I have a big problem with my mouse pointer: suddenly it loses the focus,
> for example if I put the pointer under an icon, the pointer is not
> exactly under that icon, it's some pixels left.
> 
> I'm looking for the solution for a long time and anyone can figure out
> what is happenning (I know 2 or 3 people with the same problem).

Are you using a hardware cursor in X (option hw_cursor in XF86Config)?
If you are, you might try using sw_cursor instead. A lot of cards seem
to have strange problems with the hardware cursor, including things like
what you describe.

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Michael Heironimus