Re: Cursor problems
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 10:41:26AM -0500, Robert C. Thyberg wrote:
> I put this on the debian-laptop list but got no response. Have tried the
> Debian support pages but found no help there. I was advised to try this
> list by Tapio Lehtonen.
>
>
> What:
> SONY VAIO F490
> 650Mhz Intel, 18GB HDD
> Debian 3.0 rev2 "woody", new install
>
> Problem:
> Can't get arrow shaped cursor in GUI or block in console.
> Cursor is a three quarter inch square of vertical lines or hash in both GUI
> and in console. . Top left corner of square is the point which works but is
> very hard on the eyes. "gpm" is installed
>
> Square cursor in KDE and GNOME and Konqueror and all GUI stuff.
> Same kind of cursor on the console
I had a similar problem, but only in X, and on entirely different
hardware. You can try my solution, and if it doesn't work, no harm done.
In the section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file that talks about your
video card (should be a "Device" section), add the line:
Option "SWCursor" "on"
HTH,
Paul
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